When shutting down the server mid startup after an error I have seen the server get into a state where it loops on this type of error:

09:29:21,803 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] INTERNAL ERROR: context not found in previous state Installed context=name=EJB3EntityCacheConfig state=Installedjava.lang.Exception: STACKTRACE
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:638)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:613)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:664)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:613)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:664)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:325)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:190)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:656)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.stop(ServiceController.java:481)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.stop(ServiceDeployer.java:131)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.undeploy(ServiceDeployer.java:111)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.undeploy(ServiceDeployer.java:44)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.undeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:60)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployer.AbstractSimpleDeployer.prepareUndeploy(AbstractSimpleDeployer.java:42)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployer.DeployerWrapper.prepareUndeploy(DeployerWrapper.java:105)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.prepareUndeploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:419)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.prepareUndeploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:428)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:357)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.shutdown(MainDeployerImpl.java:482)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.shutdownDeployments(ServerImpl.java:739)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.shutdown(ServerImpl.java:721)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.run(ServerImpl.java:706)
09:29:21,906 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] INTERNAL ERROR: context not found in previous state Installed context=name=EJB3EntityCacheConfig state=Installedjava.lang.Exception: STACKTRACE
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:638)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:613)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:664)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:613)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:664)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:325)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:190)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:656)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.stop(ServiceController.java:481)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.stop(ServiceDeployer.java:131)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.undeploy(ServiceDeployer.java:111)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.undeploy(ServiceDeployer.java:44)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.undeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:60)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployer.AbstractSimpleDeployer.prepareUndeploy(AbstractSimpleDeployer.java:42)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployer.DeployerWrapper.prepareUndeploy(DeployerWrapper.java:105)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.prepareUndeploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:419)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.prepareUndeploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:428)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:357)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.shutdown(MainDeployerImpl.java:482)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.shutdownDeployments(ServerImpl.java:739)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.shutdown(ServerImpl.java:721)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.run(ServerImpl.java:706)
09:29:21,906 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] INTERNAL ERROR: context not found in previous state Installed context=name=EJB3EntityCacheConfig state=Installedjava.lang.Exception: STACKTRACE
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:638)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:613)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:664)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:613)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.uninstallContext(AbstractController.java:664)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:325)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:190)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:656)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.stop(ServiceController.java:481)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.stop(ServiceDeployer.java:131)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.undeploy(ServiceDeployer.java:111)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.undeploy(ServiceDeployer.java:44)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.undeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:60)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployer.AbstractSimpleDeployer.prepareUndeploy(AbstractSimpleDeployer.java:42)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployer.DeployerWrapper.prepareUndeploy(DeployerWrapper.java:105)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.prepareUndeploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:419)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.prepareUndeploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:428)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:357)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployment.MainDeployerImpl.shutdown(MainDeployerImpl.java:482)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.shutdownDeployments(ServerImpl.java:739)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.shutdown(ServerImpl.java:721)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl$ShutdownHook.run(ServerImpl.java:706)

A kill -9 is required to stop it after this.