Visualize C180 hanging in boot of HP-UX 11

[David Broudy_1]

I have an HP C180 that is hanging after printing the following:

Memory Information:
physical page size = 4096 bytes, logical page

It hangs right there, in the middle of the line. Sometimes printing out
more or less. I did just build a new kernel (tuned for Oracle 9i per the
release notes, which I just installed). I had booted that kernel several
times before I started having these problems.

I have tried the previous kernel (hpux -is /stand/vmunix.prev) which also
failed.

Booting from the install cd worked, and I could get to a shell. I tried the
Recovery option from the menu and that ran to completion, but it still
won't boot from the hard disk.

I'm pretty new to HP-UX (just installed it a few days ago) but I've been impressed so far. I'm hoping to find a solution other than to reinstalling the whole OS.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

[John Bolene]

Since it is hanging in the memory section and you cannot boot the old kernel, maybe there are hardware memory issues?

I have not seen this particular problem, it could be time to call in your HP engineer to look at the hardware.

[Charles Slivkoff]

Have you tried removing/swapping any RAM?



In the BCH, turn off "FastBoot" if it is enabled. If the memory tests do not pass, then this could explain the problem.

[David Broudy_1]

A memory problem makes the most sense to me too. It seems like it's too early for anything else, but it does boot off of the recovery cd, so that's a bit of a mystery.

The first thing I did was disable fastboot, but it doesn't output any errors or warnings.

I have three banks of 128 each, and I tried each pair successively in 0a/b, with the same result each time.

It is possible this is some sort of heat problem? As I was switching the simms around I noticed they were quite hot. I don't have an HP comparision, but if anything in my PC or Sparc was that hot after the time it took me to get the case off I'd be worried.

Alas, I got this machine second hand for the sheer joy of playing with hp-ux and lack a support contract. It would probably cost far more than the machine, so I'm not sure I want to go down that road if I don't absolutely have to.