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by **Curt Ingra** » Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:00:00

I've installed 4.3.2 bos on an RS6000 model 560. The install went through
flawlessly but when the machine trys to reboot it hangs just after loading
several of the subsystem daemons and won't give me a login prompt. The
4.3.2 media are okay because I've used 2 different copies and I even tried
loading 4.1 from other CDs. Also, I installed 4.3.2 on another machine and
it went okay. I ran complete diagnostics on every component in the machine
and it came back clean. I'm puzzled and don't know how to troubleshoot the
problem because I can't login. Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

Curt

by **Chuck Kuhlma** » Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:00:00

You might need a firmware update on that system.

Pull all of the adapter cards from the machine *except* for what's
necessary to boot.

If that works, add the cards back in one at a time until you find the
cuplret.

Some legacy MCA cards are not supported under AIX 4.3.2. No real reason
why they should cause an abort on boot, but you never know.

by **Matthew S. Cro** » Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:00:00

What type of console device did you use for the installation process?

>I've installed 4.3.2 bos on an RS6000 model 560. The install went through
>flawlessly but when the machine trys to reboot it hangs just after loading
>several of the subsystem daemons and won't give me a login prompt. The
>4.3.2 media are okay because I've used 2 different copies and I even tried
>loading 4.1 from other CDs. Also, I installed 4.3.2 on another machine and
>it went okay. I ran complete diagnostics on every component in the machine
>and it came back clean. I'm puzzled and don't know how to troubleshoot the
>problem because I can't login. Any suggestions would be greatly
>appreciated.

>Curt

by **Curt Ingra** » Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:00:00

I'm using an ibm3151 and all devices and cards which are not absolutely
necessary for the system to boot have been removed. (Tape drive, CD-ROM,
Ethernet card, ...).

> What type of console device did you use for the installation process?

> >I've installed 4.3.2 bos on an RS6000 model 560. The install went
through
> >flawlessly but when the machine trys to reboot it hangs just after
loading
> >several of the subsystem daemons and won't give me a login prompt. The
> >4.3.2 media are okay because I've used 2 different copies and I even
tried
> >loading 4.1 from other CDs. Also, I installed 4.3.2 on another machine
and
> >it went okay. I ran complete diagnostics on every component in the
machine
> >and it came back clean. I'm puzzled and don't know how to troubleshoot
the
> >problem because I can't login. Any suggestions would be greatly
> >appreciated.

> >Curt

by **Matthew S. Cro** » Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Then your symptoms suggest that your tty cable is missing the DCD
signal. Go to www.deja.com and search this newsgroup for "clocal"
and "install", or get the correct type of tty cable.

>I'm using an ibm3151 and all devices and cards which are not absolutely
>necessary for the system to boot have been removed. (Tape drive, CD-ROM,
>Ethernet card, ...).

>> What type of console device did you use for the installation process?

>> >I've installed 4.3.2 bos on an RS6000 model 560. The install went
>through
>> >flawlessly but when the machine trys to reboot it hangs just after
>loading
>> >several of the subsystem daemons and won't give me a login prompt. The
>> >4.3.2 media are okay because I've used 2 different copies and I even
>tried
>> >loading 4.1 from other CDs. Also, I installed 4.3.2 on another machine
>and
>> >it went okay. I ran complete diagnostics on every component in the
>machine
>> >and it came back clean. I'm puzzled and don't know how to troubleshoot
>the
>> >problem because I can't login. Any suggestions would be greatly
>> >appreciated.

>> >Curt

by **Curt Ingra** » Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:00:00

The problem has been solved thanks to this newsgroup. It turns out that the
null modem I was using allowed data to flow from the computer to the display
but not in the other direction. It was especially strange because the null
modem worked fine with AIX 3.2.5 as well as on S2 under 4.3.2.

Quote:> I've installed 4.3.2 bos on an RS6000 model 560. The install went through
> flawlessly but when the machine trys to reboot it hangs just after loading
> several of the subsystem daemons and won't give me a login prompt. The
> 4.3.2 media are okay because I've used 2 different copies and I even tried
> loading 4.1 from other CDs. Also, I installed 4.3.2 on another machine
and
> it went okay. I ran complete diagnostics on every component in the
machine
> and it came back clean. I'm puzzled and don't know how to troubleshoot
the
> problem because I can't login. Any suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated.

> Curt

by **Norman Levi** » Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> I've installed 4.3.2 bos on an RS6000 model 560. The install went through
> flawlessly but when the machine trys to reboot it hangs just after loading
> several of the subsystem daemons and won't give me a login prompt. The
> 4.3.2 media are okay because I've used 2 different copies and I even tried
> loading 4.1 from other CDs. Also, I installed 4.3.2 on another machine and
> it went okay. I ran complete diagnostics on every component in the machine
> and it came back clean. I'm puzzled and don't know how to troubleshoot the
> problem because I can't login. Any suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated.

*** A guess. The graphics adapter on your 560 is not supported in 4.3.2 and
you have a line in your "/etc/inittab" that looks like:
rc:2:wait:/etc/rc.dt

You want to comment out that line.
Turn key to service and boot from tape or cd.
Go into service mode and eventually pick
1. open a shell

then "export TERM=lft" (assuming you are at graphic) and
vi /etc/inittab
/rc
....then INSERT a : (colon) as the first character.
:wq
turn key to normal
reboot -q

give it a shot.

Quote:> Curt

--
Norman Levin
vm/dynAmIX inc.

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