INIT: Command is respawning too rapidly (machine is not booting)

[INIT: Command is respaw]

************ EARLY BOOT VFP *************
End of early boot detected
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Firmware Version 42.19

Duplex Console IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 1

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Processor Speed State CoProcessor State Cache Size
Number State Inst Data
--------- -------- --------------------- ----------------- ------------
0 875 MHz Active Functional 750 KB 1.5 MB
2 875 MHz Idle Functional 750 KB 1.5 MB

Central Bus Speed (in MHz) : 133
Available Memory : 4194304 KB
Good Memory Required : 31036 KB

Primary boot path: 0/0/1/1.2
Alternate boot path: 0/0/2/0.2
Console path: 0/0/4/1.0
Keyboard path: 0/0/4/0.0


Processor is booting from first available device.

To discontinue, press any key within 10 seconds.

Boot terminated.


HARD Booted.

ISL Revision A.00.43 Apr 12, 2000

ISL> hpux -iS /stand/vmunix


Boot
: disk(0/0/1/1.2.0.0.0.0.0;0)/stand/vmunix
10104832 + 1765376 + 2781744 start 0x1fa468




alloc_pdc_pages: Relocating PDC from 0xffff800000 to 0x7fa00000.
gate64: sysvec_vaddr = 0xc0002000 for 2 pages
NOTICE: autofs_link(): File system was registered at index 3.
NOTICE: cachefs_link(): File system was registered at index 5.
NOTICE: nfs3_link(): File system was registered at index 6.

System Console is on the Built-In Serial Interface
Entering cifs_init...
Initialization finished successfully... slot is 9
Logical volume 64, 0x3 configured as ROOT
Logical volume 64, 0x2 configured as SWAP
Logical volume 64, 0x2 configured as DUMP
Swap device table: (start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
entry 0 - major is 64, minor is 0x2; start = 0, size = 8388608

Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 1

Checking root file system.
log replay in progress
replay complete - marking super-block as CLEAN
Root check done.
Create STCP device files

Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 2

$Revision: vmunix: vw: -proj selectors: CUPI80_BL2000_1108 -c 'Vw for CUPI80_BL2000_1108 build' -- cupi80_bl2000_1108 'CUPI80_BL2000_1108' Wed Nov 8 19:24:56 PST 2000 $

Memory Information:

physical page size = 4096 bytes, logical page size = 4096 bytes

Physical: 4194304 Kbytes, lockable: 3219748 Kbytes, available: 3699532 Kbytes



/sbin/ioinitrc:
Unable to mount /stand - please check entries in /etc/fstab
Skipping KRS database initialization - /stand can't be mounted


INIT: Overriding default level with level 'S'

INIT: SINGLE USER MODE

INIT: Running /sbin/sh

# which ls
sh: which: not found
# whereis lks \ \ s
sh: whereis: not found
# find
sh: find: not found
# cd /usr
# ls

# cd /sbin
# ls
SnmpAgtStart.d is_local_root pvchange vgcfgrestore
auto_parms is_vxvmroot pvck vgchange
awk itemap pvcreate vgchgid
bcheckrc kmcpux pvdisplay vgcreate
cat kmtypeinit pvmove vgdisplay
ch_hostname.d krs_file pvremove vgexport
chmod krs_flush rc vgextend
chown krs_sysinit rc.utils vgimport
convertfs krsd rc0.d vgreduce
crashconf lib rc1.d vgremove
dasetup line rc2.d vgscan
date link rc3.d vx_emerg_start
dmesg ln rc4.d vxconfigd
download ls reboot vxconvarrayinfo
egettxt lssf reboot.prev vxdctl
eisa_config lvchange restore vxdg
extendfs lvcreate rm vxdisk
false lvdisplay rmsf vxdmpadm
frecover lvextend save_4si_config vxdump
fs lvlnboot savecrash vxedit
fs_wrapper lvmrc scsimgr vxiod
fsck lvreduce scsiscan vxlicense
fsclean lvremove sdstolvm vxlicinst
fsdb lvrmboot set_parms vxlicrep
fstyp mkboot set_parms.d vxlictest
getrunlvl mkdir set_parms.util vxmake
hp-mc680x0 mkfs sfd vxmend
hp9000s700 mknod sh vxplex
hp9000s800 mksf showmount vxprint
init modelstr shutdown vxrecover
init.d mount stty vxrelayout
initcond mountall tar vxrestore
insf mtinit true vxsd
ioinit mv ttytype vxtunefs
ioinitrc newfs umount vxupgrade
ioscan passwd umountall vxvmboot
irdiag pax uname vxvol
irdisplay powerfail unlink
irmd pre_init_rc vgcfgbackup

Machine still in single user mode when i try to boot in to init 2 or 3,4 i am gating this error


INIT: New run level: 2
/sbin/bcheckrc:
Checking for LVM volume groups and Activating (if any exist)
Volume group "/dev/vg00" has been successfully changed.
Activated volume group
Volume group "/dev/vg01" has been successfully changed.
vxfs fsck: sanity check: root file system OK (mounted read/write)
Checking hfs file systems
/sbin/fsclean: /dev/vg00/lvol1 clean
HFS file systems are OK, not running fsck
Checking vxfs file systems
/dev/vg00/lvol8 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol8 OK
/dev/vg00/lvol9 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol9 OK
/dev/vg00/lvol10 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol10 OK
/dev/vg01/lvol1 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg01/lvol1 OK
/dev/vg01/lvol2 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg01/lvol2 OK
/dev/vg00/lvol3 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: root file system OK (mounted read/write)
/dev/vg00/lvol4 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol4 OK
/dev/vg00/lvol5 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol5 OK
/dev/vg00/lvol6 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol6 OK
/dev/vg00/lvol7 :
vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol7 OK

Cleaning /etc/ptmp...
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/sbin/auto_parms: DHCP access is disabled (see /etc/auto_parms.log)

/sbin/rc1.d/S093vxvm-reconfig[47]: /etc/vx/lib/vxcommon: not found
interpreter "/usr/bin/ksh" not found

/sbin/rc2.d/S101bb: /sbin/init.d/bb: not found
/sbin/rc[14]: /sbin/rc2.d/S605hpservices: not found
/sbin/rc2.d/S620xfs[10]: env: not found
/sbin/rc2.d/S620xfs[10]: grep: not found
/sbin/rc2.d/S890ServCtlMgr[527]: id: not found
/sbin/rc2.d/S890ServCtlMgr[527]: test: argument expected
interpreter "/usr/bin/sh" not found

/sbin/rc[14]: /sbin/rc2.d/S910rstEMSlistener: not found
interpreter "/bin/sh" not found

file link resolves to "/usr/bin/sh"

/sbin/rc[14]: /sbin/rc2.d/S996vradmind: not found
interpreter "/bin/sh" not found

file link resolves to "/usr/bin/sh"

/sbin/rc[14]: /sbin/rc2.d/S996vxrsyncd: not found

HP-UX Start-up in progress
__________________________

Configure system crash dumps ........................................ OK
VxVM device node check .............................................. OK
VxVM general startup ................................................ OK
.................................................................... FAIL *
Mount file systems .................................................. FAIL *
Update kernel and loadable modules .................................. N/A
Initialize loadable modules ......................................... N/A
Setting hostname .................................................... FAIL *
Start Kernel Logging facility ....................................... N/A
Set privilege group ................................................. N/A
Display date ........................................................ N/A
Copy processor logs to /var/tombstones .............................. N/A
Save system crash dump if needed .................................... N/A
Enable auxiliary swap space ......................................... FAIL *
Start syncer daemon ................................................. N/A
Configure Loopback interfaces (lo0) ................................. FAIL *
VxVM volume recovery start .......................................... OK
.................................................................... interpreter "/usr/bin/ksh" not found

FAIL *
Configuring all unconfigured software filesets ...................... FAIL *
Recover editor crash files .......................................... OK
Clean UUCP .......................................................... N/A
List and/or clear temporary files ................................... OK
Clean up old log files .............................................. OK
Start system message logging daemon ................................. N/A
Start pty allocator daemon .......................................... N/A
Configuring OLA/R interface ......................................... N/A
Start network tracing and logging daemon ............................ N/A
Configure HP igelan Gigabit Ethernet interfaces ..................... FAIL *
Configure HP iether 100BT/Gigabit Ethernet interfaces ............... FAIL *
Configure HP Gigabit Ethernet interfaces ............................ FAIL *
Configure HP Ethernet interfaces .................................... FAIL *
Configure HP HP-PB 100BT interfaces ................................. FAIL *
Create PCI FDDI device files. ....................................... OK
Configure HP 100BASE-T interfaces ................................... N/A
Configure VLAN interfaces ........................................... OK
Configure LAN interfaces ............................................ FAIL *
Start name server daemon ............................................ FAIL *
Start NFS core subsystem ............................................ OK
Start NIS+ server subsystem ......................................... OK
Start NIS+ client subsystem ......................................... OK
Start NIS server subsystem .......................................... OK
Start NIS client subsystem .......................................... OK
Start NFS client subsystem .......................................... OK
Start the Trusted Mode with NIS+ subsystem .......................... N/A
Configure pseudo devices for MAC/LLA access ......................... OK
Start multicast routing daemon ...................................... N/A
Start Internet services daemon ...................................... OK
Start dynamic routing daemon ........................................ N/A
Start router discover protocol daemon ............................... N/A
Configuring PPP Interface ........................................... FAIL *
Start RARP protocol daemon .......................................... N/A
Start remote system status daemon ................................... N/A
Configuring man pages for Internet Services ......................... OK
Starting outbound connection daemons for DDFA software .............. N/A
Start SNMP Master Network Management daemon ......................... FAIL *
Start OSPF MIB Network Management subAgent .......................... N/A
Start SNMP HP-UNIX Network Management subAgent ...................... FAIL *
Start SNMP MIB-2 Network Management subAgent ........................ FAIL *
Start SNMP Trap Dest Network Management subAgent .................... FAIL *
Start DCE daemons ................................................... N/A
Start SNMP PCI FDDI Network Management subAgent ..................... FAIL *
Start RPC daemon if needed .......................................... N/A
Start Isogon License Server Daemon .................................. N/A
Start DMI SP daemon if needed ....................................... N/A
Start System Inventory daemon ....................................... N/A
Start remote boot daemon ............................................ N/A
Starting X Font Server at TCP port 7000 ............................. N/A
Start vt daemon ..................................................... N/A
Starting UDC server ................................................. N/A
Start time synchronization .......................................... N/A
Start accounting .................................................... N/A
Install/Load XF86 DLKM Helper Modules ............................... OK
Starting the password/group assist subsystem ........................ N/A
Starting HP Disk Array Manager daemons. ............................. FAIL *
Starting disk array monitor daemons. ................................ FAIL *
Start print spooler ................................................. N/A
Starting HP Distributed Print Service ............................... OK
Start clock daemon .................................................. N/A
Start diagnostic subsystem .......................................... OK
Start environment monitoring daemon ................................. N/A
Start auditing subsystem ............................................ N/A
Start audio server daemon ........................................... N/A
Start Distributed Single Logical Screen daemon ...................... N/A
Start USB hub daemon ................................................ FAIL *
SAM System administration configuration ............................. OK
Starting ObAM Application Server .................................... N/A
Initialize Software Distributor agent daemon ........................ FAIL *
Starting Servicecontrol Manager daemons ............................. OK
Starting CIFS Client ................................................ N/A
Copy processor logs to /var/tombstones .............................. N/A
Starting Event Monitoring Service ................................... OK
Start EMS SNMP subagent ............................................. FAIL *
Configure HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage interfaces .................. FAIL *
Configure HP Internal RAID interfaces ............................... FAIL *
Starting SAMBA Server ............................................... N/A
.................................................................... interpreter "/usr/bin/sh" not found

FAIL *
Configure HP Fibre Channel Tachyon TL/TS Mass Storage interfaces .... FAIL *
VVR - Starting Communication Daemon ................................. N/A
.................................................................... interpreter "/bin/sh" not found

file link resolves to "/usr/bin/sh"

FAIL *
.................................................................... interpreter "/bin/sh" not found

file link resolves to "/usr/bin/sh"

FAIL *
Starting VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service (vxsvc) ........... OK

* - An error has occurred !
* - Refer to the file /etc/rc.log for more information.



The system is ready.

INIT: Command is respawning too rapidly.
Will try again in 5 minutes.
Check for possible errors.
id:samd "/usr/sam/lbin/samd # system mgmt daemon"

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

Is there any way to fix that problem

[Cheryl Griffin]

Right after the dmesg output, there is a more serious error than the init respawn messages. Fix that and likely the other errors will cease as well.

"/sbin/ioinitrc:
Unable to mount /stand - please check entries in /etc/fstab"

Looks like you have a problem with the kernel here. In syslog.log are there errors that point to a failing disk? Possibly the lvlnboot information is incorrect?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Some notes:

1) /stand must be HFS below 11i v2. If you have an earlier version of HP-UX and did /stand as vxfs its game over, install the OS again.

2) With regards to inittab, have you manually modified it? Reverse the changes once you get your system to boot.

SEP

[INIT: Command is respaw]

please find dmesg output along with rc.log

Hello all,



Please attachment (rc.log)

* - An error has occurred!



* - Refer to the file /etc/rc.log for more information



# dmesg



May 2 00:57

Can't get kernel namelist

# sh rc.log
rc.log: Old: not found
DISPLAY[2]: who: not found
DISPLAY[3]: grep: not found
DISPLAY[3]: who: not found
DISPLAY=(:0.0)
rc.log[4]: HP-UX: not found
rc.log[5]: Tue: not found
DISPLAY[2]: who: not found
DISPLAY[3]: grep: not found
DISPLAY[3]: who: not found
DISPLAY=(:0.0)
rc.log[8]: Configure: not found
rc.log[9]: Output: not found
rc.log[10]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[11]: EXIT: not found
rc.log[13]: VxVM: not found
rc.log[14]: Output: not found
rc.log[15]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[16]: /sbin/rc1.d/S091vxvm-nodes-check[4]:: not found
rc.log[18]: VxVM: not found
rc.log[19]: Output: not found
rc.log[20]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[23]: Output: not found
rc.log[24]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[25]: /sbin/rc1.d/S093vxvm-reconfig[47]:: not found
rc.log[26]: /sbin/rc1.d/S093vxvm-reconfig start: not found
rc.log[28]: Mount: not found
rc.log[29]: Output: not found
rc.log[30]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[31]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[32]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[33]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[34]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[35]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[36]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[37]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[38]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[39]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[40]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[41]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[42]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[43]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[44]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[45]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[46]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[47]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[48]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[49]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[50]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[51]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[52]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[53]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[54]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[55]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[56]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[57]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[58]: mountall:: not found
rc.log[59]: /sbin/rc1.d/S100localmount[65]:: not found
rc.log[60]: EXIT: not found
rc.log[61]: /sbin/rc1.d/S100localmount[68]:: not found
rc.log[62]: EXIT: not found
rc.log[63]: /sbin/rc1.d/S100localmount start: not found
rc.log[65]: Update: not found
rc.log[66]: Output: not found
rc.log[67]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[68]: /sbin/rc1.d/S110kmbuild start: not found
rc.log[70]: Initialize: not found
rc.log[71]: Output: not found
rc.log[72]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[73]: EXIT: not found
rc.log[74]: /sbin/rc1.d/S112kminit start: not found
rc.log[76]: Setting: not found
rc.log[77]: Output: not found
rc.log[78]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[79]: /sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname[41]:: not found
rc.log[80]: EXIT: not found
rc.log[81]: /sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname[51]:: not found
rc.log[82]: EXIT: not found
rc.log[83]: /sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname start: not found
rc.log[85]: Start: not found
rc.log[86]: Output: not found
rc.log[87]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[88]: /sbin/rc1.d/S350kl start: not found
rc.log[90]: Set: not found
rc.log[91]: Output: not found
rc.log[92]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[93]: /sbin/rc1.d/S400set_prvgrp start: not found
rc.log[95]: Display: not found
rc.log[96]: Output: not found
rc.log[97]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[98]: /sbin/rc1.d/S420set_date start: not found
rc.log[100]: Copy: not found
rc.log[101]: Output: not found
rc.log[102]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[103]: /sbin/rc1.d/S430pdcinfo[47]:: not found
rc.log[104]: ERROR:: not found
rc.log[105]: /sbin/rc1.d/S430pdcinfo start: not found
rc.log[107]: Save: not found
rc.log[108]: Output: not found
rc.log[109]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[110]: /sbin/rc1.d/S440savecrash[46]:: not found
savecrash: Only one destination directory is allowed
usage: savecrash [-cflprvzZ] [-D device -O offset] [-d sysfile] [-m minfree]
[-s chunksize] [-t tapedevice] [-w {NOSWAP|SWAPEACH|SWAPEND}] [dirname]
rc.log[111]: defaulting: not found
rc.log[112]: EXIT: not found
rc.log[113]: /sbin/rc1.d/S440savecrash start: not found
rc.log[115]: Enable: not found
rc.log[116]: Output: not found
rc.log[117]: ----------------------------: not found
rc.log[118]: /sbin/rc1.d/S500swap_start[29]:: not found
rc.log[119]: Warning:: not found
rc

[Raj D.]

Hi ,
Did any changes happend recently.
Since when are u facing this error.

Check /etc/fstab entries. And compare with previous entry.

hth,
Raj.

[Senthil Kumar .A_1]

Hi,

Can you please give the output of the following command..

grep -i stand /etc/fstab

Regards,
Senthil Kumar .A

[rariasn]

View log error:

sbin/ioinitrc:
Unable to mount /stand - please check entries in /etc/fstab
Skipping KRS database initialization - /stand can't be mounted


Verify file /etc/fstab

rgs,

ran

[Cheryl Griffin]

These messages also point to a problem with the kernel. See "Can't get kernel namelist"

If /stand can't be mounted, you don't have access to the kernel (vmunix), therefore nothing can be found.

What has happened to the kernel? Bad disk? Bad kernel? Solve the kernel issue and your other messages will be resolved.

[Kent Ostby]

In single user mode type this:

mount -a

See if you get an error message about /etc/fstab.

It's quite possible that you have a bad line in there.

Clearly /usr isn't getting mounted later in the process.

[Steven E. Protter]

I'm in total agreement with Cheryl here.

There is something wrong with the disk /stand sits on, or someone coverted the filesystem to vxfs.

Knowing what happened to the system will get you 75% of the way towards fixing it.

If it was not you, talk to your colleagues or operations department.

This problem is fixable, but you may find it easier to re-install the OS, depending on how many applications and customizations are present.

SEP

[Kent Ostby]

please post the following:

output from "cat /etc/fstab"

output from "mount -a"