Error on reboot

[Wamaitha]

hello, i am getting this error on reboot
"NFS server (pid700@/net) not responding still trying"
any ideas, what i did was try to chage the hostname and than did a reboot since it is a dev box.
thank you in advance

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

You don't say how you changed the hostname but you apparently haven't done it correctly or completely. The easiest method is to run:

# /sbin/set_parms hostname

...and follow the prompts.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Torsten.]

Always use
/sbin/set_parms hostname
to change the servers name.

Make sure to update your DNS entries.

[Wamaitha]

i do not get a prompt from the system. it timesout when i try to connect to the box

[Pete Randall]

While the system is "not responding still trying", hit the break key on the console keyboard. This should interrupt the rc scripts and allow you to log in. Then use /sbin/set_parms as suggested.


Pete

[Wamaitha]

will this work, i am connecting to the server via reflection

[Pete Randall]

It won't work remotely through Relections, it has to be done at the console.


Pete

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

Hmm.
1, check lan card and cable and verify that it is ok.
2, check hostname resolution.
You can move to single mode or level 2 do take dianogtic

[Muthukumar_5]

You cann't connect to the machine by lan (using reflection or putty or any client utilties) until the specific machine is ready to server client requests.

I hope this error will be timedout on some extend. "NFS server (pid700@/net) not responding still trying" it is a critical error at all.
wait for some time more, because hp-ux machine will take some time + timeout = more time.

If you are not getting within 15-25 mins then report to system admin (if you are not) and login with console and hit key stroke or login with single user mode and change hostname.

-Muthu

[Wamaitha]

By breaking out of the session and than running /sbin/set_parms hostname.
thank you all