HP-UX Boot Process

[prashanth yadagiri]

Hi,

I am using a N-Class Server running hp-ux1100.
When booted the system goes to single user
mode.I have to bring it to multi user mode
each time by giving init 3 command.
/etc/inittab file has the default run level set to 3.
Can anyone please help?

Thanks

[Matt Livingston · Accepted solution]

I'd really need more info to answer this. But I'll try to help.

Have you checked for boot errors in /etc/rc.log?
It sounds like you have something failing very early in the rc scripts.

What is root's login shell?
If it is anything but /sbin/sh, that can cause problems at system initialisation time. If root's login shell is /usr/bin/ksh, for example, your shell resides on a filesystem which is not yet mounted, and so the rc scripts have no shell to run them.

[Steffi Jones_1]

hello,

without some more info it is very hard to determine why it won't boot further.

One thing you can try if you don't use DHCP is to do the following:

cd /sbin
chmod -x auto_parms
Other than that watch closely what is written to the console. That might give us a hint.
Another place you can check would be the /etc/rc.log file

Steffi Jones

[John Palmer]

Hi,

It could be that the AUTO lif file has been set to force single user mode.

Check the contents with the command:-

lifcp /dev/rdsk/c?t?d0:AUTO -

where c?t?d0 is your boot disk.

If the result reads 'hpux -is' then this is your problem. You can amend the AUTO file with the mkboot -a command.

mkboot -a hpux /dev/rdsk/c?t?d0
is sufficient for a standard boot or if you have mirrored boot disks and want to ensure that you can still boot if you lose one of them then use:-
mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/c?t?d0

Regards,
John

[prashanth yadagiri]

Thanks Matt,
Changing the root's login shell to /sbin/sh
from /usr/bin/ksh in the passwd file resolved
the problem.
Thank's steffi,john and others for your time.