Unable to boot after Ignite

[dictum9]

I ignited a rx2620 Ita machine with a 11.23 image from another 2620 but now it's unable to boot. Why is that? This is the message when I try to boot in EFI boot manager.

Loading.: HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/1/1/0.0.0
Load of HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/1/1/0.0.0 failed: Not Found
Press any key to continue

[johnsonpk · Accepted solution]

Are you sure that you ignited on to the disk @ h/w path 0/1/1/0.0.0 ?

on EFI , type sea and boot from alternate disk ,if any



Rgds!
johnson

[johnsonpk]

My apology ... on EFI type map -r for seing device maping and to find bootbale disk

[AVV]

Hi,

Check with the settings and ensure that your disk from which you try to boot is on the same path as you mentioned.

You can go into the shell and do a map -r to see the disk and change to that using

fsx: <-----x is the number that you see after map -r

and try to boot the server manually. If it boots , set the boot path from there using setboot.

If not booting , possibly your ignite would have not completed as expected.

[dictum9]

This is what I get, how I am supposed to boot off another disk?


Shell> map -r
Device mapping table
fs0 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig0BB85B6E-0456-11DF-8002-D6217B60E588)
fs1 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/HD(Part3,Sig0BB85BA0-0456-11DF-8004-D6217B60E588)
blk0 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
blk1 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)
blk2 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)
blk3 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig0BB85B6E-0456-11DF-8002-D6217B60E588)
blk4 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/HD(Part2,Sig0BB85B8C-0456-11DF-8003-D6217B60E588)
blk5 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/HD(Part3,Sig0BB85BA0-0456-11DF-8004-D6217B60E588)
blk6 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)

[sen_ux]

Navigate to fs0 and check if the dirs/files available and do as below.

shell> fs0:
fs0:>dir

fs0:>hpux

[AVV]

Hi,

please type , fs0: and enter. Do a DIR there and see what all the directories there. If it shows you EFI and all there try to boot from there by typing "hpux".

Else do the same on fs1:

[dictum9]

I will try it -


fs0:\> dir
Directory of: fs0:\

01/18/10 12:23p 4,096 EFI
01/18/10 12:23p 296 STARTUP.NSH
1 File(s) 296 bytes
1 Dir(s)


fs0:\>

[dictum9]

It doesn't look good, doesn't boot from either fs0 or fs1



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

HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.029

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

HPUX>


fs0:\> fs1:

fs1:\> hpux
'hpux' not found
Exit status code: Invalid Parameter

[Torsten.]

It's here:

fs0:\EFI\HPUX> ls
Directory of: fs0:\EFI\HPUX

04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 .
04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 ..
04/17/08 07:40p 654,025 hpux.efi
04/17/08 07:40p 24,576 nbp.efi
04/17/08 07:40p 12 AUTO


Simply select your file system (e.g. fs0:) and run "hpux.efi"!

[sen_ux]

You have boot loader installed. But looks like issue with the kernel.

Do an 'ls' from HPUX> prompt and see the files under /stand.
Also do a boot backup to see if any backup kernel exists and can be booted.

[dictum9]

Don't see vmunix...


HPUX> ll
total 18
dr-xr-xr-x 6 bin bin 8192 Jan 5 15:36 ./
dr-xr-xr-x 6 bin bin 8192 Jan 5 15:36 ../
dr-xr-xr-x 3 bin bin 96 Nov 7 2006 boot.sys/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 42 Jan 30 2007 bootconf
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14 Jan 18 17:23 bootfs@ -> current/bootfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 7548 Feb 10 2009 ioconfig
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 82 Nov 7 2006 kernrel
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 96 Nov 29 2008 krs/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root sys 8192 Nov 7 2006 last_install/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Nov 7 2006 lost+found/
-rw------- 1 root root 12 Nov 29 2008 rootconf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 3517 Jan 5 15:36 system
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 2448 Nov 7 2006 system.import

[dictum9]

fs0:\EFI\HPUX> hpux.efi

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

HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.029

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

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

I wasn't aware that EFI configuration was included in an Ignite backup.

I do not think it is.

Once you configure EFI to boot HP-UX, you should be able to boot, or at worst restore Ignite anew and be in business.

SEP

[Torsten.]

Problem is, there is no kernel (vmunix) and even no backup!

Have a look into

last_install/

but there is something wrong with your ignite image!

[AVV]

Hello,

I strongly believe it to be an ignite issue. Can you try to reignite it. I would recommend to have another ignite image on a tape from the working server. Once it finishes, see the logs to ensure your image is perfect. Then install it on ther server you desired. Are there any option left behind ???

[johnsonpk]

etc >>>>>
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 82 Nov 7 2006 kernrel
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 96 Nov 29 2008 krs/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root sys 8192 Nov 7 2006 last_install/

I think somebody play around with the kernel on the system from which you took ignite backup...I believe there is a valid kernel in the last_install directory
As Torsten suggested , boot from that..



HPUX>ls /stand/last_install



if you are finding vmunix in last_install directory, boot from that kernel



HPUX> boot /stand/last_install/vmunix

Rgds!
Johnson