scott@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Holt) (02/24/91)
I am attempting to build AIX 3.1 Boot, install and display disks using the procedure described in the Installation Kit for AIX. When building the boot disk, I received an error when writing the boot image with dd: "dd write error: Invalid argument". I assume this means that the device didn't like the fact that dd tried to write an incomplete last block. The number of blocks read and written were both 2599+1. The size of the file created by bosboot was 2600 512k blocks. On a related issue, can anyone explain why a 320 with an external 8mm would not be able to read an install tape. It boots from the tape fine, but when the installation starts, it complains that the tape is not in backup format. I have checked the tape, it is readable, and the drive works fine on other systems. - Scott