can not install system from ignite server

[sdtony_1]

how can i check the ignite server if works normally, check the serivce is up? check the process is running? ......

Thanks!

[sdtony_1]

in the single mode, when the client 'searches for bootable devices', the ignite server does appear on the list. so the client can not boot. please tell me what can i do. thanks again!

[Tracy_5]

1. If booting over the network, verify that the client and the server reside
on the same subnet. If they are not, a boot helper system must be set up. See
http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs/sysadm.html#Chapter-6

2. On the Ignite server, verify that these entries exist as a minimum in
/etc/inetd.conf

tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/tftpd tftpd /opt/ignite /var/opt/ignite
bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/bootpd bootpd
instl_boots dgram udp wait root /opt/ignite/lbin/instl_bootd instl_bootd

3. Check to make sure the temporary IP addresses used during the client
install are available and configured in /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab.
Use the documentation in the file to verify the format of the entries and that
this IP address will be available to the client.

4. Verify the INSTALLFS config file by running instl_adm ???d. At a
minimum, it should correctly describe the server???s IP address, netmask, gateway
address and default route.

5. If DHCP is not being used to assign the temporary IP addresses, try
disabling DHCP in the INSTALLFS config file:

instl_adm ???d > afile
vi afile
Add the line: disable_dhcp=TRUE
instl_adm ???f afile

6. If DHCP is being used, verify the files /etc/dhcptab and
/etc/dhcpdb. Also, check INSTALLFS config file with instl_adm
???d and make sure that keyword dhcp_class_id is set and that it
matches /etc/dhcptab.

7. Check the server???s process table for any hung bootpd and
instl_bootd processes. If they exist, try killing them and boot the
client over the network again. These processes should be started again by
inetd when needed.

8. If the clients are not old S700???s that use the RMP protocol for network
boot, try killing the rbootd process on the server if it exists and reboot the
client over the network.

9. If NIS is being used on the Ignite/UX server to manage the /etc/services
file, make sure the file has the required entries for instl_boots and
instl_bootc.

10. Make sure /var/adm/inetd.sec is not denying bootpd services.

11. Make sure the network card being used to boot the client is supported for
network boot. See the network interface support matrix in the Ignite release
notes under Version History at:http: //www.software.hp.com/products/IUX

If it is determined that the client cannot be booted from its network
interface, a boot helper method must be employed. The client can be booted
from a make_recovery(1) or make_boot_tape(1) and then pointed to the Ignite
server to finish its installation. See the man page for make_recovery(1) and
make_boot_tape(1) for details on how to create these. The 11.0 install media
can also be used in this manner.

Tracy

[Wodisch]

Hi,

did you check wether the "client" system would only run an older version of HP-UX than your Ignite/UX server itself?
Then it won't work - the Ignite/UX server must be the same release or a newer one...

FWIW,
Wodisch

[Kurt Wagner_1]

Ok - I got the cdrom working and I can see my scsi devices when I do a sea. I also can start booting off a Install cd. However, I would like to boot off our ignite server but am getting the following error:

ERROR: could not read /var/opt/ignite/INDEX from install tftp server.

Failed to read INDEX file from install server.........

I try to tftp information from the ignite server however, I get an access violation.

Thanks in advance,

Kurt

[RAJESH GANGADHARAN]

Hi
Whcih model is your client? If it is a 700 Workstation you can use sea lan which will show you the tftp/bootp servers IP

In any case you can start the installation by using the following command at ISL prompt

ISL> boot lan:(IP addr of Ignite Server) INSTALL

In Ignite server, check tftp/bootp is running, and NFS server is runnig.


-Rajesh

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

make sure that Ignite server is runing NFS, tftp is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf and also the remshd