Trouble with installation HP-UX

[Shlafin]

I have Hp integrity rx1620 server. I want to install HP-UX on it. But some troubles happens with it.

Stages:

1) Swich on server
2) Put DVD1 in
3) Choose from EFI Boot Manager "Boot from internal DVD".

4) The instalation process starts!!!

Loading: internal Bootable DVD
Starting: Internal Bootable DVD

(C) Copyright 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
All rights reserved

HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.829

Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\EFI\BOOT\AUTO ==> boot :IINSTALL
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...> System Memory - 500 MB
Loading section 0
......................................(complete
)
Loading section 1
................(complete)
Loading symbol table
Loading ram disk file (:IINSTALLFS).
...............................................
...............................................
(complete)
Launching :IINSTALL
SIZE: Text:35418K + Data:7288K + BSS:8538K = Total:51159K

5) After refreshing the screen

Console is on VGA
Booting kernel...

HP-UX will call firmware in physical-addresing mode

Memory Class Setup
--------------------------------------------
Class Physmem Lockmem Swapmem
--------------------------------------------
System : 500 MB 500 MB 500 MB
Kernel : 500 MB 500 MB 500 MB
User : 277 MB 145 MB 241 MB
--------------------------------------------

6) Cursor Blinks

7) A big number of text appears rapidly(imposible to read) in a second.

8) The last sing i see is ...

init died with return value 132.
Please chek for init's execute premission.
init's location and the root partition's location.

System Panic:

panic: init died
Stack Trace:
IP Function Name
0xe0000000007af700 exit+0xec0
0xe000000001610d60 sendsig_the_barbarian+0x68
0xe0000000007gc620 sendsig+0x6f8
0xe0000000004a8a90 psig_core+0x358
0xe0000000007ld3e0 syscall+0xdl0
End of stack Trace

Link stamp: Thu Apr 12 14:12:40 MOT 2007
_release_version: @{#} $Revision vmunix: Bll.23_LR FLAYOR= perf Fri Avg 29
22:35:38 POT 2003 $

sync'ing disks (0 buffers to flush): {0 buffers to flush}:
0 buffers not flushed
0 buffers still dirty

9) Then server suddenly restarts.

How can i solve this problem?
Would you please tell me.

[Patrick Wallek]

What version of HP-UX are you trying to install?

What DVD are you booting from?

[TTr · Accepted solution]

It looks like you are installing 11.23. Ensure that you are using an installation disc for itanium and not for 9000 hardware.

Check page 9 (and the glossary on page 14) to verify the minimum firmware versions in
http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-0703-en/5991-0703-en.pdf

The minimum memory rquirement for 11.23 is 512MB. I guess you have that even if it says 500MB in your "AUTOBOOT" line during boot up. I guess that's OK.

[Shlafin]

version of HP-UX: 11.23
DVD Part Number - 5013-6536
(HP9000 Series 9000/IA)

"For both HP9000 and Intel Itanium"

Minimum Firmware Requirements for HP-UX 11.23 in attached file.


My firmware information is:

Shell> info fw

FIRMWARE INFORMATION

Firmware Revision: 2.10 [4511]
BMC Revision: 3.48
Managment Processor Revision: E.03.15
Updatable EFI Drivers:
Floating-Point Software Assistance Handler: 00000118
LSI Logic Ultra320 SCSI Driver:01040200
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Driver:00070003
Intel(R) PRO/1000 Ethernet Driver:00002160

Is there problem with my firmware?

[TTr]

Your firmware versions meet the minimum requirements and you are using the correct DVD. I mentioned before that the minimum amount of memory is 512MB (page 32).

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4044/5992-4044.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

I would assume that the 512MB is a physical memory requirement and that the 500MB that is reported above is not an issue.

I am also suspecting a hardware error, most likely the memory itself. Maybe one of the HP folks can tell something from the stack trace above.

[Anka]

I have heard about the same issue but with ignite (i mean the panic and the traces).
So adding more memory solved the problem. The minimum requirement for ignite (newer versions) is 1GB and at the case i know 512MB were used.
Init dies because there isn't enough memory to start it and that causes the system panic.

Although the min requirement for installing 11.23 is 512MB, if you have more mem just try adding some and try again.

Hope it helps....

[Victor Fridyev]

Hi,

According to http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-0703-en/5991-0703-en.pdf rx1620 must have 2.29 firmware release. Upgrade the FW ( you can use FTP built in ), this should help.

HTH

[Andrew Rutter]

hi,

its probably as your console is set wrong.

Console is on VGA
Booting kernel

you need to change this in the EFI to reflect a serial console with vt100 type emulation and use a terminal or terminal emulator to match. do thsi for the input/output and error consoles.

then do the install!

vga isnt supported on the rx1620 with hpux and hpux 11.23 doesnt have the graphics support.

Andy

[Shlafin]

Thank you very much for all your infomation, pals!

Especially to TTr and Anka, their advice was very usefull.
So I added, how U said, extra memory up to 1Gb and it helped.
But I have found another problem.
During the instalation some lines appear with "ERROR" after (*).
After restarting the computer, U can see new menu item in EFI.
Selection of this item loads HP-UX.


HP-UX BOOT LOADER shows an ERROR:


Loading: HP-UX Primary Boot:0/1/1/0.1.0
Starting: HP-UX Primary Boot:0/1/1/0.1.0

(C) Copyright 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
All rights reserved

HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.829

Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\EFI\HPUX\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...> Could not open file vmunix to check for a directory
Could not open vmunix

loading failed


This problem is among "Known Problems and Limitations", defined as "EFI Boot Fails with No HP-UX Partition on Boot Media Message".
http://docs.hp.com/en/J4301-90004/J4301-90004.pdf

That 3 workarounds given in link are unfortunately useless.


Are there any other methods to solve this problem?

[Anka]

Can you run from the shell the following command and paste the output, may be we have efi driver issue:

Shell> drivers

If so a firmware update may be needed.

Nothing was changed after the cold installation, right? I mean patches and so on...
Have you tested booting in maintenance mode (boot -lm)? Are the results the same?

Another possibility is that the boot data reserved area is corrupt. In this case you should be able to boot in maintenance mode and repare it:

#lvlnboot -v <- to check
although everything may look fine you can recreate it.
Remove the existing Boot, Root, Swap, and Dump entries:
#lvrmboot -r /dev/vg00
Recreate the Boot, Root, Swap, and Dump entries:
# lvlnboot -b /dev/vg00/lvol1
# lvlnboot -r /dev/vg00/lvol3
# lvlnboot -s /dev/vg00/lvol2
# lvlnboot -d /dev/vg00/lvol2

Recover any missing links to all of the logical volumes in the BDRA:

# lvlnboot -R

Reboot the system

You can also check the "boot loader cumulative patch" and if it is old, then update it, but first you should manage to boot the system in order to do it ;)

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Note that firmware upgrades can not always be from where you are to the latest revision.

During the life cycle of this server, HP changed the firmware upgrade process. There is a guide on the firmware upgrade site and if you follow it carefully you can get through this.

Victor and I (we work together) speak from experience. We learned this during our first install of HP-UX 11.23 on an rx2600 server.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductRoot.jsp?lang=en&cc=il&taskId=135



SEP

[Patrick Wallek]

Your last output makes it appear as if you are booting from one of the hard drives on the server rather than the DVD.

Verify which device you are booting from and try again.

When you are sure you are booting from the DVD, let it proceed and boot automatically. An installation will boot differently than a normal system.

Note the 'boot :IINSTALL' from your initial post and the 'boot vmunix' from your last post.