HELP! V3000 is in BAD SHAPE after “6.5.22P03_Vxxxx.zip” AND “patch-6.5.22P03.taz

[mbarnett112477]

Okay, I made a huge mistake. I have been the admin of 10 systems for years and upgraded from NBX 100 and V5000. I know them very well. I was in the process of testing “6.5.22P03_Vxxxx.zip” AND “patch-6.5.22P03.taz on my (Dev V3000). I wanted to make sure it was okay before I applied it to the actual V3001 with 200 users.

Here is the issue. I applied the V3001 Patches to a V3000 by mistake. Both systems run 6_5_22. Now the V3000 will not boot. Below is what I see when consoled in.

0x26ffee7c->  (tRootTask): bootDev: ata=0,0

0x26ffee7c (tRootTask): ===== /dos0 partition start 0x3f, 0x961a1 sectors ===

0x26ffee7c (): task deadataDevCreate(0, 0, 614817, 63):  no mirroring

0x26ffee7c (): task deadataDevCreate(0, 0, 0, 614881):  no mirroring

0x26ffee7c (): task dead===== /htfs0 start 0x961e1, 0x49f538f sectors (to end of

 disk) ===

SiS900 EEPROM Read Failure

0x268fd79c (nbxTaskInit): nbxTaskInit: Invalid product type.

Is there anything I can do. If I type "i" I get

Value + 653291488 = 0x26f06fe0

If you know anything I can do or if you can help please call 614-652-6356 (Name is Michael)

I have been trying to buy a support contract from HP for 3 months. I have a team that is partnered with 3Com/HP  trying to work out the details. I cant get support if HP wont respond and sell it to me. I bought every system new, no word of a merger and killing the NBX line when I spend 10 of thousands of dollars. (less than one year later) HP kills off NBX and now I cant get support. Its a bad deal all teh way around. I also have 25-30 3Com 2250 SFP Plus switches. You would think a $50,000,000 a year company could get some help.

Please reach out to me if you think we can get this box to boot.

[bosoxfan · Accepted solution]

here is what you need to do .  you will need to reboot to a previous version.

on the console, do a control-R .. box will reboot

when you see "Press any key to stop auto-boot", press a key. you will

be at the Vxworks Boot prompt

type "c', then return

do this until you see the line "FIle name :/dos0/R6_5_22/vxworks

Right next to that line, you are going to type /dos0/version number you know is on your box/vxworks

so, if you know that 6.0.63 is also on the box, type /dos0/R6_0_63/vxworks, then return

keep hitting return until you see the vxworks boot prompt

then type @ , return

the NBX will reboot running that version of software.

You can then go in using ftp and load the right version to /dos0/R6_5_22

and then reboot to 6.5.22

[mbarnett112477]

I am very excited with your info. Thank you so much for help. I dont get a Vxworks prompt when I break the config. I get a >> _ promt. Typing c, gives me, unknown command (c).

I can break the boot squence. I can type help. Is tehre anything else I can do.

[mbarnett112477]

nally got a VxWorks Boot prompt. Trying to reload 6_0_63. :)

[mbarnett112477]

New Problem.

Rebooting into 6_0_63 does not accept my current password. Im sure it is an old forgotten password. Anyway to find the password through the CLI Shell?

[bosoxfan]

try 0000, that is the default password. If that does not work, at the console, type nbxDb (ret) then type X (capital X) an encrypted password will be displayed.. Post that password here for decryption

[mbarnett112477]

esome. I found a password decrypter. Thanks again.

[Tsukraw]

Any chance you can still decrypt passwords?  I have ran into the exact same issue going back to a older version and have no idea what the password is!

encrypted admin pass ---> (!jVeM4sdSuSrqYVo1F1)

[bosoxfan]

yes, it is

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