[OmniOS-discuss] System in a strange place

[Kaspar Schiess]

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