# [OmniOS-discuss] System in a strange place

Kaspar Schiess kaspar.schiess at absurd.li
Sat Mar 23 15:41:07 EDT 2013

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    Hello,

    One of my test systems running OmniOS is in a strange place - I hope to
    resurrect it from there. Last Sunday, I've updated it to the latest
    version of stable OmniOS and shut it down. Then after maintenance, I
    tried starting it again, hoping that it would come up.

    It did not cleanly. If I boot into ILO, I can see that the system
    displays a root login prompt, but doesn't let me use the keyboard to log
    in.

    I've since booted to an OmniOS iso and verified the state of the root
    pool (fine) and whether there were any unusual messages at boot (none).
    Seems that the system boots and then just hangs there, reacting neither
    to ssh nor to a console login (doesn't even echo keys back). Sometimes
    though I can type a few chars .. to have it lock up afterwards, in the
    space of 10-30 seconds.

    I've tried verbose booting; no real useful information there - it lists
    all drivers and then locks up. I've also tried '-kd' - I get the mdb
    prompt, but can't type there (locked system).

    Any help would be appreciated. What should I try?

    best regards,
    kaspar

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