HP Visualize J5000 hp Visualize J5000, J7000 workstations owner's guide (a4476 - Page 121

Dealing with a Boot Failure If your usual boot device (typically a disk) is not responding as it should, you must try to boot from the disk (or another boot device) by selecting it manually. To boot a device manually, follow these steps: 1. Follow the directions in "Accessing the Boot Console Interface," in Appendix D of this book. NOTICE: Your workstation automatically shuts down the operating system before it terminates the power. The search command looks for bootable media on your workstation. 2. At the Main Menu prompt, type the following: Main Menu: Enter a command or a menu > search ipl Enter This causes your workstation to search exhaustively for bootable media. 3. Boot from one of the listed devices by typing the following at the prompt: Main Menu: Enter a command or a menu > boot device Enter where device is the hardware path to the device, specified in mnemonic style notation, such as scsi.5.0. 4. If your workstation still fails to boot, there is either something wrong with the file system or with the hardware. If you suspect a file system failure, see the manual Using HP-UX for help on dealing with file system failures. If you think that something is wrong with the hardware, continue reading this chapter for more troubleshooting information. 6-10