SEArch does not find CDROM

[Saurabh Kapoor_2]

Hi all,
In an event of upgrading my machine to HPUX 11i I cycled power and when the system came up then I interrupted the autoboot.
When I type SEA then it says searching for potential devices and then comes back with a messsage that search was terminated.
If I do an ioscan after I booted the system then I can clearly see the CDROM.
What could be the issue. Please comment.
Regards
Saurabh Kapoor

[Saurabh Kapoor_2]

Just wanted to add that I am trying to do a cold install of HPUX 11i. Presently the machine has HPUX 11 on it but I dont want to upgrade rather do a cold install.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Saurabh,

Pressing any key will terminate the Search. If you in fact didn't press any key, then you may need to set the term emulation on the console device to an HP terminal type.
The console *may* be sending unwanted chars out the port that the system interprets as KB input.

If you're ready to boot for the install & the CD is in the drive, then I'd suggest you do a
SEA IPL
to have it search for bootable devices instead of the standard SEA search.

HTH,
Jeff

[Eugeny Brychkov]

Do you use 700/96 terminal? The here's a solution: Press F8 key to turn off 'AUTO LF' mode
Eugeny

[Bill Hassell]

Is your CDROM an HP-branded drive? If not, only Toshiba and Plextor drives will work as a bootable CDROM. They work fine once HP-UX is running but the processor ROMs require a non-standard sector size which means that they will not show boot capability even when a bootable CDROM is loaded. The sector size needs to match what they processor expects.

[Saurabh Kapoor_2]

Hi all,
I followed your advice for pressing D and switching on the terminal and now the terminal doesnt even connect to the server.
Please comment.
Regards
Saurabh

[Saurabh Kapoor_2]

Hi Bill,
Its a HP branded drive