mksysb to dvd of a P5 lpar

[Chapter11]

I'm trying to take a mksysb of my lpar that serves as the nim/network-mksysb server for the rest of the lpars.

the destination media is a dvd-ram. the dvd drive is allocated to this lpar, but I'm getting this from it:

Running cdrecord ...
Cdrecord 1.9 (powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: '0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Invalid argument. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl
burn_cd: Command error.
+ [ 1 -ne 0 ]
+ /usr/bin/cat /tmp/.mkcd.tmp.msg
+ /usr/bin/tee -a /var/adm/ras/mkcd.log
+ + /usr/bin/dspmsg -s 5 mksysb.cat 116 0512-322 mkcd: An error has occurred\nwriting the CD or DVD image to the CD or DVD device.\n
mkcd
mesg=0512-322 mkcd: An error has occurred
writing the CD or DVD image to the CD or DVD device.
+ log_print 0512-322 mkcd: An error has occurred
writing the CD or DVD image to the CD or DVD device.
+ echo 0512-322 mkcd: An error has occurred
writing the CD or DVD image to the CD or DVD device.
+ /usr/bin/tee -a /var/adm/ras/mkcd.log
0512-322 mkcd: An error has occurred
writing the CD or DVD image to the CD or DVD device.

any thoughts?

 

[khalidaaa]

I found this link for you, i don't know if it is helpful or not

but have you tried to use another DVD? have you tried to write to it directly first?

Regards,
Khalid

 

[Chapter11]

I've tried two different pieces of media on two different dvd-ram drives.

both pieces are media are fresh out of the plastic wrapper, and are the same brand/type of the media that a consultant created mksysbs of my vio servers on several months ago.

 

[christos]

are you sure the DVD unit is not IDE?
your commands are looking for a SCSI burner

 

[christos]

what worked for me....
mkdvd -SI dvd_image
cdrecord -dao -speed=2 -dev=/dev/<your_dvd> dvd_image