Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!
Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!
-
Congratulations Chris Miller on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
-
AIX 4.2.1 on RS/6000 7025-F50
In your last question, yes, you can boot from Diagnostic CD. The serial port uses standar terminal asycronous (teletype) communication: no PPP, SLIP, etc. AIX try to find a working console in sequence: first graphics adapter (know as lft) then serials ports 1, 2, etc. It's very strange... -
AIX 4.2.1 on RS/6000 7025-F50
RS/6000 F50 (7025-F50) can use either 4.2.1 or 4.3.x AIX version. If the display blanks out after boot (and the c31) that means the system boot sucessfully. Two tips: 1) Connect a PC with HyperTerminal or ProComm with a RS/232 Cable (cross cable) -> Serial1 Port. F50 as I remember has 3... -
AIX 4.2.1 on RS/6000 7025-F50
It's seems like the NVRAM's bootlist for normal boot don't has an entry for the boot disk (blv), normally hdisk0. Some extraneus behaviors are related to NVRAM. Please remove the power cords, open the machine, locate the CMOS battery and remove for a while (clean the nvram), then replace...
