Cannot reboot, system freezes.

[Kim Tran_4]

My rp3440 runs B.11.23 normally after I install a fiber channel card. For testing purpose, I try to install B.11.11. The installation has no error, but the system freezes at reboot phase. I reset the GSP, reboot and it still freezes at this line:
"alloc_pdc_pages: Relocating PDC from 0xfffffff0f0c00000 to 0x3f900000". Please advise. Thanks

[Andrew Rutter · Accepted solution]

hi,

I've seen it hang there for 5-10 minutes or so before carrying on with 11i, on various servers then just carries on as normal. especially if the system has plenty of memory and processors.

how long did you leave it? before giving up?

you may find that once its rebooted properly it will reboot alot quicker in future. Unless you have hardware that is not compatible with 11i only 11.23

Andy

[Steve Lewis]

I suspect that your rp3440 firmware revision is too high for the old 11.11 kernel to be compatible with.

[Borislav Perkov]

Hi Kim,

You have a HW problem on your server, because HP-UX 11i can work on it. Your system freezes when it trying to find HW. Try to check all SCSI cables and fibers leading to external devices. Try to start the machine removing the cables and/or with removing the FC card to locate where the error comes from. Maybe you can reinstall the 11 v2 again to see if it can be run again at last.

Regards,
Borislav

[Mark Nieuwboer]

Hi Kim Tran,

Your using a version of B11.11 that isn't compatable with the rp3440.
You need the version of june 2004 or december 2004. yust what steve lewis said.

grtz. Mark

[Kim Tran_4]

Thanks for all your help. By the way, where can I find the 11.11 December version?

[Mark Nieuwboer]

You can ask hp for it.
normally they send it to you.

grtz. Mark