error message : no boot logical volume configured

[Radhakrishnan Venkatara]

hi all,

we found in of our system is giving the error in lvlnboot -v command

# lvlnboot -v
Boot Definitions for Volume Group /dev/L1:
Physical Volumes belonging in Root Volume Group:
/dev/dsk/c4t1d0 (0/3/0/0.1.0)
/dev/dsk/c4t2d0 (0/3/0/0.2.0)
/dev/dsk/c4t3d0 (0/3/0/0.3.0) -- Boot Disk
/dev/dsk/c6t1d0 (0/7/0/0.1.0)
/dev/dsk/c6t2d0 (0/7/0/0.2.0)
/dev/dsk/c6t3d0 (0/7/0/0.3.0) -- Boot Disk
No Boot Logical Volume configured
Root: root on: /dev/dsk/c4t3d0
Swap: swap1 on: /dev/dsk/c4t3d0
Dump: swap1 on: /dev/dsk/c4t3d0, 0

it is not showing the boot volume.

i tried lvlnboot to set the boot volume but it gives the following error.

# lvlnboot -b /dev/L1/stand
lvlnboot: Boot volume should be the first logical volume on the physical volume

I cannot reboot my system. how can i set the boot volume ?

whether i can do it using recovery cd . or without rebooting is there any way.

please throw some light on it.

radhakrishnan

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

try
lvlnboot -b /dev/vg00/lvol1
lvlnboot -r /dev/vg00/lvol3
lvlnboot -s /dev/vg00/lvol2
lvlnboot -d /dev/vg00/lvol2

(although this is a default config)

see your
mount -p and/or /etc/fstab
output for correct / and /stand definitions.

Later,
Bill

[Michael Steele_2]

Some people make /stand a sub directory of / (root), perhaps they are use to this configuration from another UNIX flavor, and it will continue to work as long as it is contiguous and it should be if root is contiguous. What are lvol 1 and lvol2, etc? Both 1 and 2 should be contiguous while the others don't have to be.

So do you have /stand/vmunix?

Check bootlif:

lifls -C /dev/rdsk/cXtYdZ

Note the "rdsk"

lifcp /dev/rdsk/cXtYdZ:AUTO -

Note the hpux string and attach.

So besides noting that this is atypical and issue a warning to others of the HP-UX preference???.

[omars]

Hi radhakrishnan,

You basially do not have boot utilities in your hard disk , although you have configured as
bootable.

So put in boot utilities by typing:

a.) mkboot /dev/rdsk/c4t3d0
b.) mkboot -a "hpux (;0)/stand/vmunix" /dev/rdsk/c4t3d0

c.) lvlnboot -b /dev/L1/boot

d.) lvlnboot -Rv

e.) reboot

This will solve your problems.
Solution is delivered.

rgds,
omari.