HP-UX 10.20 Crashed - Not coming UP

[Basheer_2]

Hi all

Power failure not allowing to bring my system up.
Here are the mesgs.

When I select Boot from Pri Path
it says
Failed_to_Initialize
ENTRY_INIT_STATUS=-4
then displays 4 Lines of alpha-numeric strings

Trying Manufacturing Default devices
BOOT IO Dependent CODE (IODC) revision 4
FAILED
No Boot Device Found.
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When I put my ignite Tape in
and select Boot from Alternate Boot Path:Y
Interact with IPL:Y
it says
Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) Revision 4
Hard Booted.

There is no Search in my ISL list to select the tape
tape is at 52.0.0.0

when I did ll /vmstand
says not found

How do I know root disk is crashed.
Do I have to replace the boot disk
How do i tell it to use the ignite tape to boot.
(Note: There was no mirrored disk).

[Bryan D. Quinn · Accepted solution]

Hello,

I take it that your boot drive was not mirrored?

It sure sounds like your boot drive has crashed.

As for booting from the tape, if you stop the boot up and enter the following, the server should boot off of your tape:

bo 52.0.0.0
Interact with IPL (Y/N)? N

Hope this helps!
-Bryan

[doug mielke]

Or interupt boot at the '10 seconds' prompt, as you are doing.

SEA to search for boot devices, choose the 'sequential' listing, listed something like 'P2'

then BP P2

interact with IPL> N

[doug mielke]

replace BP P2 with BO P2

[Steven E. Protter]

The instructions in the prior post are designed to boot and restore the system off a make_recovery(obsolete) or make_tape_recovery tape.

You made one right?

SEP

[Michael Steele_2]

Regarding "...when I did ll /vmstand..."

This is bad syntax. Try this instead:

ISL> hpux -ll

This will list everything in /stand.

#########################################

You may have a corrupt bootlif. I'll give you a procedure to test for this but you'll need a recovery cd / install cd to fix it.

ISL> hpux -lm -is

If you can come up under this command then see attached.

[Basheer_2]

Hi Michalle

it was type i did try
hpux ll /vmstand

How do I know its the bootlif bad or the disk itself is bad.

Thanks

[Michael Steele_2]

If,

>ISL hpux -is

...fails

but,

>ISL hpux -lm -is

...works then your bootlif is corrupt.

[Michael Steele_2]

And its not:

hpux ll /vmstand

its,

ISL>hpus -ll

There is no /vmstand. There's no such thing.