topic Re: Booting issue in Operating System - HP-UX

Booting issue

Gops_1 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:01:01 GMT

I am trying to boot my HP UX 11.11 server in different hard drive. I am fed with Ctrl+Ecf. Its not working for me.

My requirement is like this,
1. need to restart
2. Wish to boot from /0/0/2/0.2

Help me...

Points
GV

Re: Booting issue

Adam W. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:05:14 GMT

gops,
Not enough information. Start out with why your booting froma different drive. Is the drive a mirror of another?

Re: Booting issue

Jaime Bolanos Rojas. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:05:43 GMT

Gops,

Refer to the next link and look for the section called: "Using the Boot Console Handler to Boot from an Alternate Boot Device"

It explain how to do it:

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90950/ch05s01.html#bgejgjjh

Regards,

Jaime.

Re: Booting issue

Pete Randall — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:07:37 GMT

During the early portion of the boot process, you should receive a message on your console device that says something like "you have 10 seconds to interrupt the auto-boot process by pressing any key". All you have to do is "press any key" and you will be able to interact with the boot process to select another disk (provided the disk has something bootable on it).

Pete

Re: Booting issue

Gops_1 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:24:19 GMT

I have 3 hard drives when i try to restart i wish start the server in another harddrive.
No storage, no mirroer. Its a simple HPUX server RP5410 with 3 hard drives.

When i interrupt at that time am getting the below message.

[Read only - use ^Ecf for console write access.]

Thanks
gV

Re: Booting issue

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:29:30 GMT

OK, so do what it says.

Press -E
then c
then f

This should allow you to interact with the console.

Re: Booting issue

Gops_1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:14:58 GMT

I tried numerous number of times. I am pressing Ctrl E then followed by cf. But its repeating the same.

any other procedures to do this.

Thanks
gV

Re: Booting issue

Johnson Punniyalingam — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:33:02 GMT

Hi Gops,

have you tried the below methods in the Forum to bomb the Existing "Console" User

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1227263484589+28353475&threadId=15722

Thanks,
Johnson

Re: Booting issue

Gops_1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:12:48 GMT

It works. But i didn't used your method. I was pressing the ctrl key for c and f also.

we need press Ctrl+e then take your finger out of Ctrl and then press c,f imm.

This is how it works.

Thanks for you support.
gVee