Re: 5.2ML4 won't boot

From: Roy (garlic_at_garlic.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:34:32 -0700

Pete's wrote:

> Roy <garlic@garlic.com> wrote in message news:<10iru13g81dgjc7@corp.supernews.com>...
>
>>I haven't checked that yet. The machine is remote. Here's what the
>>console shows though. The boot image timestamp is correct.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Welcome to AIX.
>> boot image timestamp: 17:47 08/25
>> The current time and date: 03:44:47 08/26/2004
>> number of processors: 2 size of memory: 512Mb
>>boot device: /pci@fef00000/scsi@c/sd@9:2
>>closing stdin and stdout...
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>Pete's wrote:
>>
>>>Roy <garlic@garlic.com> wrote in message news:<10iqsu4m71boo29@corp.supernews.com>...
>>>
>>>
>>>>I got a notice yesterday about 5.2 ML4 being available. I downloaded
>>>>the data and applied it to my 7044-260 that was on ML3. Now the box
>>>>won't boot.
>>>>
>>>>Can someone advise what the recovery procedure is or am I stuck with
>>>>reinstalling AIX?
>>>
>>>
>>>Have you tried booting into maintenance mode via CD or tape? Is your
>>>bootlist still intact?
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>Pete's
>
>
> I suspect that you lost your bootlist. You say it's remote, can
> someone look at the lcd panel(I'm not sure if the 7044 has one) while
> it boots and see what the last string displayed is? If it's E1F1,
> odds are you lost your boot list and AIX doesn't know where to boot
> from. In that case, boot to maintenance mode, set the boot list and
> reboot.
>
> HTH,
> Pete's

I can reboot the box remotely by power cycling it so I was able to go in
and check the bootlist. It seems correct. I added the CD before the
hard drive and will be inserting the system CD to get it into
maintenance mode.

I guess the question is what is the next step. Do I reinstall AIX in
preservation mode? How does one recover from a failed upgrade?

Roy

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Getting rid of old, obsolete kernels
    ... > to login via terminal server, enter user/password, hard reset the ... LILO and make the system unrecoverable without a boot disk. ... You need a remote serial concentrator to do this effectively. ... Some of the higher end ones support SSH now, ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)
  • Re: can you boot a physical machine remotely?
    ... "the nic is getting power while the machine is ... after power is restored after a power failure, since they cannot boot ... until the master server is up and ready to supply boot images. ... sometimes used with remote data collection systems. ...
    (comp.os.linux.misc)
  • Re: remote boot image size
    ... I have a remote boot sever and a PC needs re-image. ... I reboot the PC remotely, and it uses PXE to boot from the server. ... Or do I have to create a batch command file to run it automatically when XPE ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded)
  • Re: usenet options?
    ... terminal communications software. ... You could even have such software on a boot floppy, to boot the PC, ... dial the remote, 'CONNECT", and then transfer whatever you want. ... modem can listen to what is coming in. ...
    (comp.os.msdos.misc)
  • Re: Computer Name
    ... I'm talking about the RAM disk with Remote ... Boot Manager, and I'd like to change the computer name without a reboot. ... we're going to use XPe for new projects. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded)