Boot from a different kernel.

[TechC]

Hello,
I am getting an error when booting my HPUX 10.20 workstation. Says "exec failed cannot find /standvmunix or /vmunix" I tried booting from kernel.prev and kernel.bak and they both give a not found error. Is there any way to boot from a kernel say from tape, or can I use the install media to put a kernel in place. Would like to avoid ignite if possible. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks
James

[Sundar_7]

James,

From the ISL, you should be able to find out the list of files in /stand by running the "hpux" command

ISL> hpux ll

This will list the kernels and other files available in /stand.

The kernel is usually named vmunix.prev. First, find out if there is a vmunix.prev by running the above command. If you find any, then

ISL> hpux /stand/

Sundar.

[TechC]

Mr. Sundar,
Thank You for replying.
The output of the command is.
./
../
lost+found
build/

Thanks
James

[Sundar_7]

oh, you are probably out of luck. I guess someone has wiped off the /stand clean. I havent tried this before but see if this works

# hpux /stand/build/vmunix_test

[TechC]

Thanks guys for the help. I in the end restored from an ignite-ux tape i had created 3 weeks ago.