Cannot Boot from CD

[Grant Wenstrand]

All,

I am attempting to reload a system and get the following error message when attempting to boot hpux 10.20 form a CDROM after "booting":

Failed to initialize.

ENTRY_INIT
Status =-4

0F000080 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00003508 0000001B FFFFFFFF 01000084 800400DC 00000000 0025F000 00000000
95080000 0000DADC 0000DADC 00000000 00000002 00000003 00000057 00000000

Failed to initilaize.

Can anyone tell me why I can't boot from this workstation. I have done so successfully on other workstations, and I know this workstation has been loaded off of the CDROM before.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Grant

[Elizabeth_2]

Hi Grant!

The error you state: entry_init -4 is typical of trying to boot from a non-bootable disk. So the PDC (processor Dependant Code) does not recognize any of the boot area on that disk. If it had a bad LIF, you would get 'Bad LIF magic' or something similar.

The next thing to try is boot from the Recovery CD and you could rewrite the LIF to the disk, you can also use the Recovery CD to fsck the disk and see if can still recognize any file system structures on the disk. Make absolutely certain you have the correct path for the disk. I believe there is a document that lists the steps to do this on the ITRC.

Good luck!
Elizabeth

[Elizabeth_2]

Hi Grant!!

More information for you!!!

ENTRY_INIT -4 = Unrecoverable Hardware Error.
An unrecoverable hardware error has occurred between the processor PDC and IODC on the target controller or device

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.

Troubleshooting Steps:
- Power off the server, then power off the disks - leave all powered off for at least 30 seconds. Power on disks, then server.

- When server is booting, check access LED's on boot disk, is it being accessed? Yes - possible bad disk. No - possible bad path to disk, e.g.. Cabling/termination/adapter. Time to log hardware call.

- If boot disk is in an external disk enclosure, check the cabling is secure, and access/status lights are normal.

- Attempt to boot from an alternate boot path if you have one, e.g.. Mirror boot disk, alternate boot disk.

- Double check you have the correct boot path.

- Use the SEArch option at the Boot Menu, does the primary boot path appear? If not, we cannot see the disk and time to log a hardware call. If we can see the boot disk, but still get ENTRY_INIT error when booting we need to log a hardware call.

- We can boot to Recovery Shell and use the chroot option to fsck the boot disk, but this will always fail if we cannot get to the ISL prompt of a disk; in most occurrences of this error using the Recovery Shell (Support Media) is not helpful.

- Perform preliminary steps to reinstall the system; As in most cases this error means the boot disk is bad and will need to be replaced. If the system is not mirrored then the recommended recovery method is to reinstall the system. Is the backup offsite? Do you know what sizes the vg00 logical volumes are?

[Patrick Wessel]

Grant,
My first trouble shooting 'tool' would be a cleaning CD