Can't boot into HP-UX v3

[Ross_t]

Looks like I'm getting a recursive crash at boot. I don't have media at the moment and need to get my test environment backup and running.
I tried:
HPUX>boot /stand/backup/vmunix -is

and it hangs after a minute or so of disk activity.
Any ideas?

Thanks

[Torsten.]

Looks like a RISC system. Model? Did it work before? Any MP logs?

[S.N.S]

Hi,

RISC has GSP - right?
1. GSP logs?
2. Tried booting from Alt path?

SNS

[Vijaykumar_1]

Boot from an alternate path and then analyze the cause for the error.

[Ross_t]

rx2660

I was in the process of changing lan0 ip address when the server froze. I powered it to recover and it's in a recursive loop now. Booting to backup goes nowhere.

[Ross_t]

I hooked up a console port and the server is actually booting and I can log into through console login. The desktop login on the other hand, loops from the HP logo screen to a gray screen with cursor. How do I recover this?
Thanks

[Bill Hassell]

> I was in the process of changing lan0 ip address when the server froze.

This was the root cause of the mess. Unless you are connecting through another LAN card, then changing the IP address guarantees complete loss of connectivity and it will stay that way until you fix the networking.

Making things worse is that it sounds like you are using Xwindows rather than ssh or telnet. Xwindows is critically dependent on proper networking and the desktop will never come up until you fix all the networking issues.

Stay away from Xwindows and use the 'real' console to get the IP, subnet mask, routing and hosts/DNS fixed. Use ping and ssh or telnet from another system to verify your fixes. Once everything is working, you can try to display xclock on your Xwindow device (ie, Linux or PC with X emulator) and then finally get the desktop working.

[Laurent Menase]

you need to gt th panic string
so booying with a serial link can help you to get the error.

[Ross_t]

I was able to sort this out through console port yesterday afternoon. I'm having a hard time understanding why I need network connectivity in order to manager my server "locally".

Thanks for all of the responses

[Torsten.]

*You* don't need network connectivity, but XWindows need it ...