command is respawning too rapidly

[tim_39]

I have a K260/4-way with hpux 11.00 as a Ignite server. I am igniting 9000/700 & 800 with 10.20 and 11.00. My problem is whenever I try to load an 800 with 10.20, I get a command is respawning too rapidly error on bootup. It points me to the /etc/inittab line of "cons:123456:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty console console. I do not get this problem with loading the other systems. Any leads on this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Dude

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Dude,

The getty command in /etc/inittab should be

cons:123456:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty -h console console

Note the "-h" option with getty.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Tim,

Also check your /etc/inittab file for a bad entry with respawn in the line. There may be a faulty entry in this file which may be the cause of your problem. you can copy this file as backup and copy a standard inittab file from /usr/newconfig/etc directory.

# cd /etc
# cp inittab inittab.bak
# cp /usr/newconfig/etc/inittab inittab
# init q

Hope this helps.

Regds

[T. M. Louah]

That's right, to add to above here some discusssions about it:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x9fbe854994d9d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x2dbde7726eccd5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

G'd luck
t++

[Wodisch]

Hello Tim,

check your "/etc/gettydefs" with this command line:
getty -c /etc/gettydefs 2>&1 | more

There must be no errors!
Use "who -a" to get the *exit code* of that line, and read the man page for "getty" to get a clue why it did stop...

HTH,
Wodisch