FINAL TRIM SIZE : 7.5 in x 9.0 in
7
Managing
a
Boot
F
ailure
The b
o
ot
program
is
lo
cated
in
the
Bo
ot
R
OM
of
y
our
con
troller.
Here
are
some
things
to
c
hec
k
if
something
has
gone
wrong
at
this
p
oin
t
in the
b
o
ot
pro
cess:
1.
Boot
Program
Initializes
Hardw
are
Problems
during
this
rst
stage
of
the
b
o
ot
pro
cess
are
rare.
A
t
this
stage
problems
can
b
e
caused
b
y:
No
p
ow
er
to
the
con
troller
(c
hec
k
y
our
building's
circuit
break
ers
and
the
p
o
w
er
connections
to
y
our
con
troller
equipmen
t)
Pro
cessor hardw
are
failure
In
terface
card
hardw
are
failure
Incorrectly
connected
in
ternal
SCSI
cable.
T
urn
o
the
p
o
w
er
to
the
con
troller
(lea
ve
an
y
external
disks
p
o
w
ered
up
and
running).
W
ait
v
e
or
ten
seconds
and
turn
the
p
o
w
er
to
the
con
troller
bac
k
on.
If the
problem reo
ccurs,
record
the
symptoms,
the
status
of
an
y
indicators
(esp
ecially
an
y
LED
displa
ys)
on y
our pro
cessor,
and
an
y
messages
that
app
ear
on
y
our
system
console.
A
t
this
stage
in
the
b
o
ot
pro
cess,
most
of the
problems that
occur
require y
our
hardware
to
b
e
serviced
b
y
a
p
erson
trained
and
qualied
to
do
so.
2.
Boot
Program
Loads
a
Secondary
Loader
Program
In
this
step
the
bo
ot
program
attempts
to
load
and
run
a
secondary
loader
program that will be capable of loading and running HP-UX. The most likely
problem at this stage is the b oot program b eing unable to locate the secondary
loader program.
If the b oot program can't lo cate a
secondary loader, y
ou will see the message
\
Searching For a System
"in thelo
wer left corner of y
our displa
y.V
erify that
at least one device is po
wered on and in a ready state
(it must also ha
vea
Secondary Loader Program, of course).
7-10 Dealing with Problems