HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-04 - System Recovery

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 44 (of 54)
Chapter 04 System Recovery
October 29, 2013
T-Class: Alternate Disk Boot
Step
Action
Interrupt the boot process
Hit any key when the following message appears:
Booting from primary path, press any key to override
NOTE:
On a T-Class box, there will be initial question about interrupting the boot process to
change the configuration prior to the above message. Do NOT interrupt the boot
process at that time
Boot from an alternate disk
Answer "n" to
boot from primary path ?
Answer "n" to:
boot from alternate path ?
Enter the path when you get the prompt:
Enter path,command, or ?
Example: 52.5.0 (to boot off of 52.5.0)
Enter "n" to:
interact with IPL ?
T-Class: Alternate Kernel Boot
Step
Action
Interrupt the boot process
Hit any key when the following message appears:
Booting from primary path, press any key to override
NOTE:
On a T-Class box, there will be initial question about interrupting the boot process to
change the configuration prior to the above message. Do NOT interrupt the boot
process at that time
Boot from primary path and
interact with isl
Answer "y" to
boot from primary path ?
Enter boot command
At the ISL prompt type:
hpux (;0)/ALTKERNEL
where ALTKERNEL is the kernel name that you want to boot. The standard backup
kernel name is /stand/vmunix.prev
hpux (;0)/stand/vmunix.prev
T-Class: LVM Maintenance Mode Boot
Step
Action
Interrupt the boot process
Hit any key when the following message appears:
Booting from primary path, press any key to override
NOTE:
On a T-Class box, there will be initial question about interrupting the boot process to
change the configuration prior to the above message. Do NOT interrupt the boot
process at that time
Boot from primary path and
interact with isl
Answer "y" to
boot from primary path ?
Enter boot command
At the ISL prompt type:
hpux -lm