topic Re: Server booting problem. in Operating System - HP-UX

Server booting problem.

Surajit Santra — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:44:13 GMT

While booting the server it is going to shell prompt.HP-UX version is 11.23 After exit from shell prompt if I manually booted the server through EFI Boot Manager it is booting.

Please kindly help.

Re: Server booting problem.

Lijeesh N G_1 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:56:40 GMT

Hi,

I think the problem with the default option set in EFI Boot manager. I gues the present it is EFI Shell. Change the default option in to the your priamry boot disk.

Regards,
LIJEESH N G

Re: Server booting problem.

Michal Kapalka (mikap) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:58:55 GMT

hi,

set the boot order in efi, or use setboot to make it.

mikap

Re: Server booting problem.

Surajit Santra — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:55:46 GMT

Thanks for you reply.
I have checked setboot. But what "I have found that in primary path is DVD ROM. I have changed it to primary hard disk by command setboot -p [Hardware Path]

When I have rebooted that server the problem did not come.But when I shutdown the server and again restarted it, it is again going to shell prompt and setboot entry again changed to DVD ROM.

I have checked in EFI Boot Manager that in the boot entry there is Internel DVD ROM, there is no primary hard disk.So How do I add a new boot entry of primary hard disk to it????

Please help me.

Re: Server booting problem.

Michal Kapalka (mikap) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:02:02 GMT

hi,

fo example : "dmesg |grep -i boot"

sms:/home/SuperDome_patching#dmesg |grep -i boot
Boot device's HP-UX HW path is: 0/1/1/0.0.0

them make :

"setboot -p (your boot disk HW path )"

mikap

Re: Server booting problem.

Lijeesh N G_1 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:58:17 GMT

Hi,

Adding Boot entry
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From HP-UX OS
==============
You can use setboot command to set primary boot from OS,

#setboot -p "HW path of the disk"

From EFI Boot Manager
======================
>>Go to Boot Maintenance menu
>>Select Add boot option
>>Select the Disk path
>>Save settings to NVRAM.

From EFI Shell
===================
>>shell>map -r ---> List the maps of bootable devices

>>Enter in to the EFI partition
Eg.shell>fs0:
fs0:>
>>find out the OS loader(hpux.efi is for HP-UX)

>>Add boot entry with following EFI Command,
fs0:>bcfg boot add "x" "OS loader" "Description"

where x is the position or priority of boot,you can make it as 01,
so this will be the 1st or primary boot.

>>If you already addedd the entry and if you want to move the position or priority
of booting, you can use the following EFI Command,

shell>bcfg mv "x" "y" --> It will move boot option from xth to yth position.

>>If you want to remove any Boot entry, you can use following EFI Command,

shell>bcfg boot rm "x" --> x is the boot position or priority number.

Regards,
LIJEESH N G

Re: Server booting problem.

Vinod Kumar Yadav — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:48:57 GMT

Hi Team,

The above all soulation are correct the only one thing is missing.

I face the same issue the problem with the cache battery.

Please log a call with HP TS Team & change the cache battery.

Set the Primary boot disk.

Thanks
Vinod