lan booting

[Francois Bariselle_3]

I have only one Ignite server (B160L, 192.168.1.101) and a client on the same lan.

I try to booting a client (B132L Workstation) from the network but it does'nt work.

On client, I execute few time:

1) search lan
response: No devices found

2) boot lan.192.168.1.101 install

During the booting, this message appear:

Failed to initialize.
ENTRY_INIT
Status = -7

Thanks in advance.

[Patrick Preuss]

hi,

check the ip address the client becomes assigned.

best regards

patrick

[Sandip Ghosh]

Both are in the same network?

You can push the install from your server instead of pulling it from the client.

Sandip

[Francois Bariselle_3]

How I push the install from my server instead of pulling it from my client.

[Sandip Ghosh]

From the Ignite GUI you can push the image, but provided during the push your client should be up and running. Basically what it does, It copies the wininstall file to the client and change the default boot path to that wininstall file and reboot the Client through wininstall file. Then the Server started pushing the Image.

Go to ignite GUI, select the image and do install client --> new install

Sandip

[Francois Bariselle_3]

My client is up but is not already running HP-UX.
I press ESC on boot process on my client.
Is the new installation.

[Sandip Ghosh]

Either you can boot up the system with the nominal OS and then start doing this or
do some changes in the file /var/opt/ignite/local/config as per your requirement and try it out.

Sandip

[pap]

Hi,
You have to do following.

1. Boot the machine you want to recover.

2. At 10 sec message you have to interrupt the machine and you will get to BOOT_ADMIN prompt.

3. At that prompt you have to give command

boot lan.10.2.45.34 install
(IF IGnite server IP is 10.2.45.34)

Check the ignite servers IP again while giving above command.

$. now your machine will boot from ignite server and you will get ignite screen, select Install HP-UX from that menu.
5. Then select method of installation as remote GUI Running on Ignite-UX server.

6. Ignite then will prompt you for network informations..like IP, Subnet mask etc...

after this ignite will wait for response from Ignite server.

7. Now login to Ignite server and run ignite.
8. Select the machine to be recovered, right click on its icon and select install.

Then the machine will start recovering from ignite server.

As far as booting of your machine from ignite server is concern there should not be any problem as your ignite server is on the same network.

Check the connections.
-Pap

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Try the install in Capital characters,

bo lan.a.b.c.d INSTALL

a.b.c.d is the ip address of your ignite server.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[James Brelsford]

Hello,
From your posting, you have to make sure that both machines are on the same network. Doing a search lan from the client machine before trying an ignite is a good idea. If the client machine does not see the ignite server NOTHING you do will work (pull or push).

I had this same problem at one of our remote sites and it ended up being the machine being ignited was plugged into the wrong hub.