Hello,
I have "extracted" AIX 6 mksysb image from the beta AIX 6 DVD IBM offers on their site, and was going to install it on my remote test system using alt_disk_mksysb and free hdisk I have there (I have no possibility to use DVD drive at the moment).
# alt_disk_mksysb -m /mksysbs/mksysb_image -d hdisk0
Restoring /image.data from mksysb image.
Checking disk sizes.
Creating cloned rootvg volume group and associated logical volumes.
Creating logical volume alt_hd5
Creating logical volume alt_hd6
Creating logical volume alt_hd8
Creating logical volume alt_hd4
Creating logical volume alt_hd2
Creating logical volume alt_hd9var
Creating logical volume alt_hd3
Creating logical volume alt_hd1
Creating logical volume alt_hd10opt
Creating /alt_inst/ file system.
Creating /alt_inst/home file system.
Creating /alt_inst/opt file system.
Creating /alt_inst/tmp file system.
Creating /alt_inst/usr file system.
Creating /alt_inst/var file system.
Restoring mksysb image to alternate disk(s).
Linking to 64bit kernel.
Changing logical volume names in volume group descriptor area.
Fixing LV control blocks...
forced unmount of /alt_inst/var
forced unmount of /alt_inst/usr
forced unmount of /alt_inst/tmp
forced unmount of /alt_inst/opt
forced unmount of /alt_inst/home
forced unmount of /alt_inst
forced unmount of /alt_inst
Fixing file system superblocks...
Bootlist is set to the boot disk: hdisk0
# bootlist -m normal -o
hdisk0 blv=hd5
#
But when I reboot the system it stops on:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to AIX.
boot image timestamp: 16:48 06/21
The current time and date: 09:38:50 07/12/2007
processor count: 1; memory size: 2048MB; kernel size: 26620960
boot device: /pci@800000020000002/pci1014,028C@1/scsi@1/sd@5:2
kernel debugger setting: enabled
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AIX Version 6.1
Bacause I do it on AIX 5.3, there are no boot images for AIX 6.0 in below location:
0505-107 alt_disk_install: File /usr/lpp/bos.alt_disk_install/boot_images/chrp_6.0.0_boot does not exist or is zero length.
0505-143 alt_disk_install: Unable to match mksysb level 6.0.0 with any
available boot images. Please correct this problem and re-execute phase 3
When I wake alt_rootvg up and check for the boot image, there are also no for AIX 6.0 in the location.
# ls -al /alt_inst/usr/lpp/bos.alt_disk_install/boot_images/
total 102472
drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 256 Jul 12 09:29 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root system 256 Jun 22 18:20 ..
-r-------- 2 root system 17502720 Jun 21 16:48 bosboot.disk.chrp
-r-------- 2 root system 17502720 Jun 21 16:48 chrp_5.3.0_boot
(check-sums of both files are identical)
Anyone knows a workaround to get AIX 6 startable installed using alt_disk_mksysb on AIX 5.3?
thx in advance,!
I have "extracted" AIX 6 mksysb image from the beta AIX 6 DVD IBM offers on their site, and was going to install it on my remote test system using alt_disk_mksysb and free hdisk I have there (I have no possibility to use DVD drive at the moment).
# alt_disk_mksysb -m /mksysbs/mksysb_image -d hdisk0
Restoring /image.data from mksysb image.
Checking disk sizes.
Creating cloned rootvg volume group and associated logical volumes.
Creating logical volume alt_hd5
Creating logical volume alt_hd6
Creating logical volume alt_hd8
Creating logical volume alt_hd4
Creating logical volume alt_hd2
Creating logical volume alt_hd9var
Creating logical volume alt_hd3
Creating logical volume alt_hd1
Creating logical volume alt_hd10opt
Creating /alt_inst/ file system.
Creating /alt_inst/home file system.
Creating /alt_inst/opt file system.
Creating /alt_inst/tmp file system.
Creating /alt_inst/usr file system.
Creating /alt_inst/var file system.
Restoring mksysb image to alternate disk(s).
Linking to 64bit kernel.
Changing logical volume names in volume group descriptor area.
Fixing LV control blocks...
forced unmount of /alt_inst/var
forced unmount of /alt_inst/usr
forced unmount of /alt_inst/tmp
forced unmount of /alt_inst/opt
forced unmount of /alt_inst/home
forced unmount of /alt_inst
forced unmount of /alt_inst
Fixing file system superblocks...
Bootlist is set to the boot disk: hdisk0
# bootlist -m normal -o
hdisk0 blv=hd5
#
But when I reboot the system it stops on:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to AIX.
boot image timestamp: 16:48 06/21
The current time and date: 09:38:50 07/12/2007
processor count: 1; memory size: 2048MB; kernel size: 26620960
boot device: /pci@800000020000002/pci1014,028C@1/scsi@1/sd@5:2
kernel debugger setting: enabled
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AIX Version 6.1
Bacause I do it on AIX 5.3, there are no boot images for AIX 6.0 in below location:
0505-107 alt_disk_install: File /usr/lpp/bos.alt_disk_install/boot_images/chrp_6.0.0_boot does not exist or is zero length.
0505-143 alt_disk_install: Unable to match mksysb level 6.0.0 with any
available boot images. Please correct this problem and re-execute phase 3
When I wake alt_rootvg up and check for the boot image, there are also no for AIX 6.0 in the location.
# ls -al /alt_inst/usr/lpp/bos.alt_disk_install/boot_images/
total 102472
drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 256 Jul 12 09:29 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root system 256 Jun 22 18:20 ..
-r-------- 2 root system 17502720 Jun 21 16:48 bosboot.disk.chrp
-r-------- 2 root system 17502720 Jun 21 16:48 chrp_5.3.0_boot
(check-sums of both files are identical)
Anyone knows a workaround to get AIX 6 startable installed using alt_disk_mksysb on AIX 5.3?
thx in advance,!