topic Cannot boot VM - stuck at EFI Shell in Operating System - HP-UX

Cannot boot VM - stuck at EFI Shell

Ian Dennison_1 — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:50:02 GMT

First VM on the server, course notes are useless at this point.

EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] [Build: Mon Oct 1 09:27:26 2007]

Please select a boot option

EFI Shell [Built-in]
Boot option maintenance menu

Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
Loading.: EFI Shell [Built-in]
EFI Shell version 1.10 [14.62]
Device mapping table
blk0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
blk1 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
Shell>

CDRom is configured as device /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0 on OS, and assigned in "hpvmdevmgmt"

....
/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=DISK,SHARE=NO:bc14vm01:HPVM_STATID_132_18446744072568700928

Any ideas? This has me stumpedd. Share and Enjoy! Ian

Re: Cannot boot VM - stuck at EFI Shell

melvyn burnard — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:11:07 GMT

first question, what OS are you trying to install as the guest?
Secondly, do a verbose listing using hpvmstatus, and post
Third point, is there media in the DVD drive?

Re: Cannot boot VM - stuck at EFI Shell

Ian Dennison_1 — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:12:33 GMT

Thanks Melvyn, yes there was media, but it was an Application DVD, not an install DVD>

Share and Enjoy! Doh!