hp bclass fail to initialize

[galenr]

I have a b class hp-ux 10.2 ,the password lost and forgotten. I have tried going into single user mode and { bo alt (my cdrom path) then y for interact with IPL} it returnd the following... Booting...
Failed to initialize.
ENTRY_INIT
Status = -7
FFFFFFF9 0000000 (etc.)

Failed to initialize.

I am trying to boot with the hpux11.0 core OS install/upgrade/recovery disk. NOV 99

Can anyone offer assistance ?

[Vladislav Demidov · Accepted solution]

Hello!
Status -7 means Nonexistent device.
The device address supplied to ENTRY_INIT is valid, but, the target controller or device is not installed or is not responding
ENTRY_INIT -7 Causes:
- Booting from the wrong path or non-existent device.
- Trying to boot from a device that is not responding.

[Galen Scalone]

Hey Galen,
Why are you booting to tha alt path?

You could boot to primary, and answer yes to interract with ipl, then hpux -is.
That'll bring you to single user.

Or boot primary, yes to interract, and hpux -lm, for LVM maintenance mode. You'll have to vgchange -a y /dev/vg00, fsck the lv's, and mount them. and you should be in there.


BTW, nice name...Are you the West Coast guy, I spoke to 5 or 6 years ago?

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Galen

Please put the cd in the cdrom and do sea ipl from the first menu , it will list of bootable devices then may be you can go to singel user mode once you wher to boot rom , but please insert the core os bootable cd .


Manoj Srivastava