"VxVM starting in boot mode..." hanging while booting, how can I break it?

[vikrantl]

/sbin/ioinitrc:
/dev/vg00/lvol1: 1 BLK(S) MISSING
/dev/vg00/lvol1: BAD CYLINDER GROUPS (FIXED)
/dev/vg00/lvol1: 46 files, 0 icont, 44526 used, 254631 free (79 frags, 31819 blocks)
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 449 address 0/6/2/0.3.8.239.0.0.1
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 450 address 0/6/2/0.3.8.239.0.0.2

Starting VxVM restore daemon...
VxVM starting in boot mode...

I want to break it (similar to how I can use ctrl+c in the ksh shell).

[harry d brown jr]

shut the system down and boot into single user mode, then run fsck on your FS's.

What did you do to get into this situation?

live free or die
harry d brown jr

[Steven E. Protter]

To boot single user

at console

restart the box
interupt at the 10 second prompt

bo pri

Y es Interact

hpux -is


after boot
mount /var
mount /usr

If possible, then run fsck, otherise do it with the full path of the command.

/usr/bin/fsck

Its probably somewhere in /sbin as well.

SEP

[Tony Scully_2]

Good question above - how did ther get into this position?

Are you actually using VxVM on this server?

If not, boot into single user and disable the startup entirely.

T

[vikrantl]

I didn't think earlier that this may be the cause of the problem:
Basically I zoned in some disks from a clarrion array.
and I think there is still some correction required in the connectivity from this host to the array.

One of the friends here suggested to plug out the FC cable, and really the machine booted fast after that.

But still a question, what the booting and some changes/errors in the zoning have to do in common (the boot disk is internal one, undisturbed)?