SRX5K devices running Junos OS 17.3 or higher may reboot using the Junos recovery partition after using the root password recovery process.
After using the root password-recovery process on SRX5K devices using Junos OS 17.3 or higher, the device reboots into the Junos Recovery Partition showing the following outputs after the first reboot:
root@srx5800> request system reboot Reboot the system ? [yes,no] (no) yes \ Booting from recovery snapshot ... \ login: root Password: --- JUNOS 17.4R2.4 Kernel 64-bit JNPR-11.0-20180730.2cd3a6e_buil Note: Junos is currently running in recovery mode on the OAM volume
If the device has booted off the recovery partition, issue another reboot to boot from the normal Junos partition.
--- JUNOS 17.4R2.4 Kernel 64-bit JNPR-11.0-20180730.2cd3a6e_buil Note: Junos is currently running in recovery mode on the OAM volume root@s09-22> request system reboot Reboot the system ? [yes,no] (no) yes Booting from Junos volume ...
To prevent the need for two reboots, after committing an updated password while using the root password recovery process , issue the following command to force a reboot to the normal Junos partition.
root# set system root-authentication plain-text-password New password: Retype new password: [edit] root# commit and-quit
root@s09-22> request system reboot ? Possible completions: <[Enter]> Execute this command at Time at which to perform the operation in Number of minutes to delay before operation junos Boot off Junos volume message Message to display to all users network Network boot via PXE oam Boot off OAM volume usb Boot off USB device | Pipe through a command root@s09-22> request system reboot junos Reboot the system ? [yes,no] (no) yes