AIX Hangs After Boot

[Dave Weir]

Hey all,

I have an AIX box here that hangs just minutes after the boot sequence
is finished, if it gets that far. Anyway, the box is stuck there and I
cannot access it. Anyone know how I can interrupt the system during boot
and drop it to single-user mode?

Thanks in advance,
Dave

[Kent Squires]

you dont mention what type of aix box

keyless system: press F1 or F5 (on graphics screen) or 1 or 5 on
ASCII screen when the keyboard icon or the word keyboard appears

if it's a keyed system, turn the key to service (i think of some
there's a picture of a wrench to indicate this) and boot

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:15:47 -0230, Dave Weir <daveweir_99@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>I have an AIX box here that hangs just minutes after the boot sequence
>is finished, if it gets that far. Anyway, the box is stuck there and I
>cannot access it. Anyone know how I can interrupt the system during boot
>and drop it to single-user mode?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Dave

[Pete's]

Do you have a mksysb tape, or, a copy of the media? If so, boot from
one of them and check your bootlist.

HTH,
Pete's
The opinions I may have stated are mine and not that of my employer.
Use any advice given at your own risk.


Dave Weir <daveweir_99@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3F6F5F7B.1050807@yahoo.com>...

> Hey all,
>
> I have an AIX box here that hangs just minutes after the boot sequence
> is finished, if it gets that far. Anyway, the box is stuck there and I
> cannot access it. Anyone know how I can interrupt the system during boot
> and drop it to single-user mode?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave