Booting problem in single users mode as well as normal boot

[Mangesh Khatav_1]

Hi all,

i have c class w/s .my w/s is not booting.it is giving an error "swap dump devices disabled". even if i boot from single user mode it gives the same error.so i thought to install it from cd. but it doesnt even install from cd. It give error "cannot find ENTRY_TEST failed to I/O operation with entry_10 Status=-4".

waiting for ur quick reply

thanks in advance
many points to be given

regards
mangesh

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Mangesh,

It could be a problem with the BDRA. Try booting it in LV maintenance mode. After interacting with ISL do this

ISL>hpux -lm

If it boots, then update the BDRA

lvlnboot -b /dev/vg00/lvol1
lvlnboot -r /dev/vg00/lvol3
lvlnboot -s /dev/vg00/lvol2
lvlnboot -d /dev/vg00/lvol2
lvlnboot -R
lvlnboot -v

Imagining that you kept defaults. Look at your /etc/fstab (once you booted in lvmaintenance mode) to confirm the logical volumes.

Did you move the boot disk?. Why did you reboot it in the first place.

Regarding booting off of CD, make sure the path is specified correctly. At bootadmin prompt do 'search ipl' and see if the CD is listed in the devices.

-Sri

PS: if you are going to assign points, wait until your problem is completely resolved. Otherwise others may ignore this thread thinking that your problem is solved.

[Mangesh Khatav_1]

Thanks sri for ur reply

but after i gave the hpux -lm in IPL
the error was

"gate64:sysvec_vaddr=0xc0002000 for 2 pages
Notice:autofs_link():Filesystem was registered at index 3
Notice:cachefs_link():Filesystem was registered at index 5
Notice:nfs3_LINK():Filesystem was registered at index 6
System Console is on the ITE
Logical Volume 64,0x3 configured as root
Warning : Logical volume for dump expected but not found
swap device table:(start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
Warning:no swap device configured,so dump cannot be defaulted to primary swap
Warning : no swap device are configured .Dump is disabled

starting the streams deamons_phase-1
checking root file system
unknown_fstype(no matches)
root check done"

after this error w/s stops there itself.pls help


regards

mangesh khatav

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

Is it posible that your disk is bad or broken.

Tell us more info about your system ?
HPUX ver ?
how many disk ?

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Mangesh,

At this time, you will need to use recovery CD to fix the problem. It's a bit lengthy process.
Look at the following document on how to do it

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90153/B2355-90153.html

Section "HP-UX system REcovery" Chapter "Expert Recovery using core media". Read through it before you try it.

To find your CD, run 'sea ipl' at the bootadmin prompt.

-Sri

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

Did you try to start HPUX recovery shell ?

[Mangesh Khatav_1]

Ver is 11i

it is not booting from cd also .it gives error.i will tell you the display what it shows


Booting.......
Boot IO dependent code (IODC) revision 153

cannot find ENTRY_TEST

Failed I/O operation with
ENTRY_10
STATUS =-4


then some hexadecimal characters occur


ERROR reading IPL







thats all and again the main maenu appears
I dont know the recovery shell before booting from Core Hp cd
Mangesh

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

Did you change any thing relation SCSI BUS.

ENTRY_INIT -4 Causes:
- the disk is experiencing hardware faults and needs replacing.
- the path to the disk is experiencing problems. e.g.. Termination,
cabling, SCSI adapter, SCSI adapter seating.

[Mangesh Khatav_1]

i replaced new hdd but it gives the above error when booted from hp core cd. and if we assume that it is a cable,card or any other hardware related problem then it shouldnt have recognised the hdd and cdrom etc while booting. i have replaced the ram also.pls help me out with the geniune solution.

mangesh

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

1. Insert the Support Plus Media into a CD-ROM
Do you have one ?
2. Reboot system
look for any problem when self test pass.
Are there any errors ?
3. Stop on PDC prompt
4. At the PDC prompt, type "search"
for a list of bootable devices.
For example:
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > search
Give me output pls ?
5. Select the CD-ROM device, boot from that device, and then choose to interact with IPL (ISL). For example:
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > boot p3
6. Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> y
(where p3 corresponds to the CD-ROM device.)
7. At the ISL> prompt, type ODE:
8. ISL> ODE
9. At the ODE> prompt, type the offline diagnostic program you want to run. For example:
10. ODE> mapper
or
ODE> help for HELP
Start all test
Is there any problem ?