HP-UX 11.00 workstation will not boot!

[Kathryn Lybarger]

I have an HP-UX workstation that will not boot.
When coming up, it gives the following errors:

INITSH: /sbin/rc: cannot execute

INIT: Command is respawning too quickly
Will try again in 5 minutes.
Check for possible errors.
id:cons "/usr/sbin/getty console console #system console"

INIT: Command is respawning too quickly
Will try again in 5 minutes.
Check for possible errors.
id:ems4 "/etc/opt/resmon/lbin/p_client"

I ran the Recovery Shell from the CORE OS/Install disk, and am unable to mount
the root disk on /ROOT. When I type the
suggested command (chroot_lvmdisk) and
accept the default hardware address, I
get the following errors:

ERROR: map_root_lv is not supported under this release of HP-UX
ERROR: Not init and not in test model
Cannot setup the chroot.

Any suggestions for getting this machine booting again? Thanks so much.

Kathryn

[Stefan Farrelly]

Can you boot the system into single user mode ?
(hpux -is). This will drop you to a shell bypassing getty.

It sounds to me like you have a connection problem from the serial cable to the console and thus garbage is being picked up by getty causing it to respawn. Either that or your /etc/gettydefs file is corrupt. Once youre in single user mode you can investigate further.

[Klaus Crusius]

If the system disk can't be mounted under /ROOT I have no idea (disk could be corrupted).
If only the chroot does not work, maybe you can access the /ROOT/sbin/rc script and check it out and repair it.