Re: AIX 5.1 install problem

From: tim@SEVIGNY.DEMON.CO.UK
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 10:48:01 EST


Yes, via the use 64bit & JFS2 advanced option on the initial CD install

Tim

mak16@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
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> Mike
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> Hi,
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> I'm installing a brand new pSeries 6H1 and am having a bit of a problem
> with it. I installed AIX 5.1.0 and the Atape drivers (the 6H1 is connected
> to a 3584 LTO Silo) and everything seemed to be fine. I then tried to do
> an update_all to upgrade the OS to ML2. This crashed halfway through with
> a 888 display on the front of the server, (I cant remember this first set
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> codes although it was 888 with a 700 in there somewhere but the set after
> hitting reset were 888 102 605 0c5). As it was installing SCSI drivers
> at the time of the crash the system would not boot again off its AIX
> install.
> This also appeared to knacker the service mode boot list as this system
> refused to boot off cd afterwards.
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> After some fiddling in the SMS menues we got the system booting off of CD,
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> diags CD shows no faults so we are now reinstalling base 5.1.0.
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> Has anybody else had this sort of problem installing AIX 5.1? Any
> suggestions as
> to what happened and why (we have used this copy of ML2 successfully on
> another
> system)?
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> Regards
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> Tim
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