boot interrupt, no ISL prompt?

[Jason Moorhead_2]

Hi all,

I need to get into single-user mode to fix an issue, but when I interrupt the boot process and do a "bo pri", I do not get a prompt for "interact with ISL?". It just tries to execute the kernel.

It's a V2500 running 11i. Any ideas?

[Pete Randall]

Jason,

Have you tried "bo pri isl"?


Pete

[Jason Moorhead_2]

Yes, I tried that. All I get is a "/stand/isl not found".

[Rick Garland]

Not sure about V class. On my rp's and rx's I do not have /stand/isl. I can boot into init 1 though.

How about just 'boot' after you interrupt - no 'bo pri' or 'bo alt', just 'boot'

This is what I use do go into init 1.

[Jason Moorhead_2]

Actually, I tried just about anything I could think of. "boot", "boot pri", search -> boot p1, "boot pri isl"... always bypasses the ISL option. It's driving me crazy :)

[Pete Randall]

Jason,

Perhaps you can find some help in the Recovery Handbook's chapter on system boot (you need to have a support contract):

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/iv/docDisplay.do?docId=prodITRC/DE_SW_UX_swrec_EN_01_E/Boot.pdf


Pete

[Jason Moorhead_2]

Hmm.. thanks for the link! I just read "There is no ISL on V-Class systems". Sweet!

[Kent Ostby]

Jason --

Just do the following:

boot pri -is

[Andrew Rutter]

hi,

you could always boot up properly and then drop down to init1 level


#init1

Andy

[Jason Moorhead_2]

It's quite possible that "bo pri -is" would work. I'm not sure, though... something else seems to be the problem, as it hangs at the allocation part and then crash dumps, followed by a reboot.

THanks for the input though!

[Jason Moorhead_2]

Problem seems to be something else, which is unclear at the moment.