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Q4you
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‎08-12-2003 08:11 AM

‎08-12-2003 08:11 AM

Ignite failure due to /dev/root in /etc/mntab and /etc/fstab entry

OS : 11.0
While trying to take ignite it fails with
save_config: error - cannot determine actual root disk/volume referenced as /dev/root
ERROR: /opt/ignite/bin/save_config failed


Entry in Bdf at present ->
/dev/root 262144 84754 166326 4% /

Entry in /etc/fstab
/dev/vg00/lvol4 / vxfs delaylog,nodatainlog 0 2

Tried to remove /etc/mnttab and recreated, same error. Is there any work around to fix it w/o reboot ?
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Helen French
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‎08-12-2003 08:06 AM

‎08-12-2003 08:06 AM

Re: Ignite failure due to /dev/root in /etc/mntab and /etc/fstab entry

This document has a solution (TKB # UIUXKBRC00007975):

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062921960
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James R. Ferguson
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‎08-12-2003 08:16 AM

‎08-12-2003 08:16 AM

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Re: Ignite failure due to /dev/root in /etc/mntab and /etc/fstab entry

Hi:

If you wre in LVM maintenance mode and did not reboot, then reboot and try your Ignite session again.

Regards!

...JRF...
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Helen French
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‎08-12-2003 08:21 AM

‎08-12-2003 08:21 AM

Re: Ignite failure due to /dev/root in /etc/mntab and /etc/fstab entry

Also, did you move mnttab file before recreating it? The simple solution would be to move mnntab and execute mount -a. Did you recently started your system in LVM Maintenance mode (hpux -lm)?
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