sytem starting in single user mode on boot

[Mark Harshman_1]

Hi
i've recently cold loaded HPUX11.11 to a L2000 server. Everything worked fine, but now when i boot the server it stops at single user mode. I can then init 3 to bring it all the way up. What have i done to make it stop at single user mode? i've tried several times and it is still stopping. thanks

[A. Clay Stephenson]

My best guess is that the initdefault entry in /etc/inittab is set to 1.

Edit /etc/inittab.
You should have an entry like this:
init:3:initdefault

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Mark,

Check the password file.
# pwck

What kind of shell is used for root ?

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Stephen Keane · Accepted solution]

When the system is up, do the following command

lifcp /dev/dsk/c3t6d0:AUTO -

change c3t6d0 to whatever your boot disk is.

if you see anyhting other than

hpux

post the response.

[Mark Harshman_1]

the inittab file has the entry as mentioned, the pwck file checked out ok. The lifcp didnt seem to return any value. I tried a lifls and got plenty values..

any other ideas?

[Stephen Keane]

When you tried lifls, did it list an AUTO file

e.g.

HPUX ODE MAPFILE SYSLIB CONFIGDATA
SLMOD SLDEV SLDRIVERS SLSCSI MAPPER
IOTEST PERFVER PVCU SSINFO ISL
AUTO LABEL

The lifcp should have worked, did you type in the final '-'? Did you get any errors?

[melvyn burnard]

Is there any information that may point to this in /etc/rc.log, or /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log/
Is there any reason given on the console as to why it may be going to single user mode?
You may also need to check your AUTOBOOT string and see if there is an accidental -is in the boot string.

[Mark Harshman_1]

sorry,i typoed the lifcp. I did it this time and i only see "HPUX". on the lifls command, i do see a AUTO file. Also, i dont see anything of interest in the log files.

[Mark Harshman_1]

FYI . i was able to resolve the issue loading patch PHCO_28798