NIM IPLROM media

[jprabaker]

Is it possible to create an iplrom cdrom? I have 4 machines I want to NIM install, but they can't boot from their NIC and have no floppy.

Regards

John

 

[bjverzal]

I recall hearing somewhere that AIX 4.3.3 has support for mksysb to CD-RW. I wish I had more, but all I know is that it is supported somewhere.

 

[christos]

there is a mksycd or mksyscdrom or something command that makes a mksysb to a cdrom (HS iso 9660 cdrfs)

 

[aixqueen]

why cant you boot from your Nics? Oh well I think IBM
came out with a new CD-r as well.......
IBM just came out with a DVD CD-RW I believe....
A pSeries or RS/6000 server supporting adapters 6205 or 6206 and AIX® 4.3.3 with Maintenance Release 4330-08, or AIX 5.1 Hardware Announcement 101-121
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mksysb on CD-R
CD-R is now supported as a mksysb media on AIX 4.3.3.
You can produce a backup and restore it on CD-R.
There are three types of Cds that can be created.

+Personal system backup (same function as mksysb backup
on tape media)
+Generic Backup (Boot and install any Rs6000 platform
(rspc, rs6k and chrp)
+Non-Bootable Volume group backup(used to install
AIX after booting.

1)YOU MUST USE 74 minute CD-Rs
2)You need to obtain the third party hardware and software

Software:
GNU & Free Software Foundation, Inc.
cdrecord version 1.8a5,mkisofs version 1.5

http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html

The hardware that works with the above is: Yamaha
CRW4416SX, Ricoh MP6201SE 6XR-2X, Panasonic Cw-7502-B

Software:
Jodian Systems and Software, Inc.
CDWrite version 1.3, mkcdimg version 2.0

http://www.jodian.com/cdwritesw.html

You need to create a link to sample
scripts The hardware that works with the above is
Yamaha CRW4416SX, Richoh MP6201SE 6XR-2X,
Panasonic Cw-7502-B

Software:
Youngminds, Inc.
MakeDisc version 1.3-Beta2

http://www.ymi.com/products/cdstudio_over.html

Hardware: Youngminds CD Studio.
3) You will need to link sample scripts that have been
written that will work with the mkcd command. I.e, for
the Jodian software:
ln -s /usr/samples/oem_cdwriters/mkrr_fs_jodian /usr/sbin/mkrr_fs
ln -s /usr/samples/oem_cdwriters/burn_cd_jodian /usr/sbin/burn_cd

ADDITIONAL NOTES ON CD-R
Multi-volume support is not there for 4.3.3.0, but
will be available in the future.
(bos.sysmgt.sysbr 4.3.3.1 APAR IY02960)
You will need extra file system space to create the
CD's. Unlike tapes where
files can be written driectly to the tape, a CD image
must be created in the file
system first, before copying to the CD. The mkcd
command will create the following
filesystems: /mkcd/mksysb_image, /mkcd/cd_fs, and
/mkcd/cd_images. The space used in these file systems
will only be temporary. Each file system could
require over 640 mgs of space. you will
need to have 645 megabytes of free space. Remember
this is just for the/mkcd/cd_images directory, more
may be needed for the other filesystems as well.