System won't boot: ENTRY_INIT Status = -8

[SM_3]

Has anyone seen this before?
11i on N class
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See the attachment
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I did find this but need some more info.
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Errors Returned by IODC ENTRY_INIT

-8 Module/device not ready.
The module or device is not ready to be initialized. The target is not ready because it has not completed its power on reset/selftest

[SM_3]

Changed now to ENTRY_INIT Status = -4.
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Looks like some hefty hardware problem.
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will keep you posted...
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bye

[siddhartha Sankar Sinha]

U see the path. Probably ur boot disk has gone bad. contact hp/hardware vendor

[Michael Steele_2]

What command did you enter after interacting with the IPL?

"...Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> y..."

Since your GSP is finding the boot devices, and I assume these are the right boot disks, (* only you know *), then you can test your bootlif by booting into LVM maintenance mode. First, see if you can list out the contents of the O/S file system, /stand.

Main Menu: Enter command or menu > bo p0
Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> y

ISL> hpux -ll (* should see vmunix, rootconf and system files *)

Now boot into LVM mode:

ISL> hpux -is -lm

If this fails get a recover cdrom and refer to the attached doc.

[SM_3]

no cannot get to the ISL
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when I do
>bo po
then interact with ISL
the problem occurs (See the attachment)
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thanks for the recovery doc
will keep you posted

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

does the LEDs turn off on the disk during power on? Does it spin?

from the Prompt try
SEA IPL
to see if there is any bootable media detected. If not you're in for a rescue vi recovery CD.

[Michael Steele_2]

No ISL? Then no firmware. This is a system board or related HW failure. Refer to the first URL for a boot sequence description and call your HW support.

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/T1335-90018/T1335-90018_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/T1335-90018/00/00/12-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/T1335-90018/00/00/12-toc.html&searchterms=sequence%7cisl%7cboot&queryid=20031018-165612

[SM_3]

Hey
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The internal disk does spin but the system cannot see the disk.
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So now I'm using a new disk and using a golden image to restore.
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thanks folks