How do you boot a HP-UX 11.0 system to single-user mode?

[jwood]

As the question asks, my background is primarily solaris? Any info on how to bring a HP-UX 11.0 system to single-user mode would be great. Thank you in advance.

 

[Guest_imported]

You can always use the SAM utility ...

# /usr/sbin/sam

SELECT: "Routine Tasks"

SELECT: "System Shutdown"

SELECT: "Go to Single User State"

-OR-

# /usr/sbin/shutdown [grace-period]

if you want to do it at the command line level.

 

[Astur]

hello,

if you are trying to do a cold boot to single user,
you'll need to stop the automatic startup sequence
with the <ESC> key, soon after power on (is like
a stop-a in solaris).

This will present you a prompt where you can
do a &quot;search&quot; for possible boot devices and
so a boot to &quot;isl&quot; with a command like this:

boot scsi.6.0 isl (assuming your boot disk is in scsi 6)

This againg will present you a prompt: ISL>
and here you can type the following command:

hpux -is

to bring the system to single user.

I hope this helps.
Jose M. Blanco
MVP BrainBench for Unix admin.

 

[patel]

or you can use straight bo -isl (this will use your primary disk as boot path)

Patel