Help URGENT...system crash question

[Peter Gillis]

Hi,
system d210 (ancient, i know!) hp ux11.00 op sys .
system has crashed, and is attempting to reboot, but getting held up on auto starting of ipfilter. messages appeared on the console as tasks were starting up:
sbin/rc2.d.s700.acct /var/adm/syslog/ipfsys.log execute permission denied. Now just sitting doing nothing on the starting ipfilter message.
Is there any way to interrupt the startup and remove the reference to ipfilter and get rest of system started up??
I need help really quick if possible

thnks,
Maria

[Con O'Kelly · Accepted solution]

Hi Maria

You can interrupt the startup sequence by hitting \ keys. (control backslash).
System will then continue boot and you should be able to fix the issue with the startup script.

Cheers
Con

[A. Clay Stephenson]

After powerup, the console will display something "Press within 10 seconds" during the boot cycle. As soon as you see this message, press . You will then
see a menu displayed. Enter
BO PRI (Boot Primary)
Interact with ISL/IPL? Y
hpux -is

This will bring up up in single user mode as root. If you are going to do any editing you need to mount /usr and /var.

/sbin/mount /usr
/sbin/mount /var

You should now have vi and can edit the offending file (or simply edit /etc/rc.d/acct and set the startup variable to 0).

When done umount /var, umount /usr, sync; sync; and reboot.

[Ermin Borovac]

You can try interrupting startup with the following key combination (press all three at the same time)

--

That should give you login prompt, so you can login, fix the problem and reboot.

[Peter Gillis]

Thanks to all. Everything started up now. I was able to use the control backslash with no problems. Very much appreciated.
Maria