lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman) (08/30/90)
An AIX 3 'Install over a Network' requires a BOS Boot diskette and a BOS Install/Maint diskette. Neither is supplied with the system, nor is a procedure for creating them in the documentation (that I could find.) According to my local SE, (currently out sick), the procedure is somewhere. Does anyone have it? Thanks, Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roseman Lehigh University Computing Center LUSGR@VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU
RAH@IBM.COM ("Russell A. Heise") (12/15/90)
lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman) writes: > An AIX 3 'Install over a Network' requires a BOS Boot diskette and a BOS > Install/Maint diskette. Neither is supplied with the system, nor is a > procedure for creating them in the documentation (that I could find.) > > According to my local SE, (currently out sick), the procedure is somewhere. > Does anyone have it? You can use the following instructions to create the *three* diskettes needed. You will need to do this on a working system. 1. Log in as root. 2. Run the following commands to create a BOSBOOT diskette (A formatted diskette must be in the drive to run these commands): # bosboot -c -m -p /usr/bin/dskt.proto -d /dev/fd0 \ -f /usr/bin/dskt.fs -b /usr/bin/dskt.image # dd if=/usr/bin/dskt.image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 3. Run the following commands to create a CONSOLE diskette (A formatted diskette must be in the drive): # /usr/lpp/bosinst/display/mkdispdskt /usr/bin/bosdis.image # dd if=/usr/bin/bosdis.image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 4. Run the following commands to create a INSTALLATION/ MAINTENANCE diskette # /usr/lpp/bosinst/diskette/mkinstdskt /usr/bin/bosinst.image # dd if=/usr/bin/bosinst.image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 Russ Heise, AIX Technical Support, IBM
robin@batcomp.austin.ibm.com (Robin D. Wilson) (12/19/90)
In article <121490.152032.heise1@ibm.com> RAH@IBM.COM ("Russell A. Heise") writes: ) lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman) writes: ) > An AIX 3 'Install over a Network' requires a BOS Boot diskette and a BOS ) > Install/Maint diskette. Neither is supplied with the system, nor is a ) > procedure for creating them in the documentation (that I could find.) ) > According to my local SE, (currently out sick), the procedure is somewhere. ) > Does anyone have it? ) You can use the following instructions to create the *three* diskettes ) needed. You will need to do this on a working system. ) 1. Log in as root. ) 2. Run the following commands to create a BOSBOOT diskette ) (A formatted diskette must be in the drive to run these ) commands): ) # bosboot -c -m -p /usr/bin/dskt.proto -d /dev/fd0 \ ) -f /usr/bin/dskt.fs -b /usr/bin/dskt.image ) # dd if=/usr/bin/dskt.image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 If you use the "-m" flag with the bosboot command, the "dd" is not necessary. ) 3. Run the following commands to create a CONSOLE diskette ) (A formatted diskette must be in the drive): ) # /usr/lpp/bosinst/display/mkdispdskt /usr/bin/bosdis.image ) # dd if=/usr/bin/bosdis.image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 Just typing: "/usr/lpp/bosinst/display/mkdispdskt" will also write to the diskette (avoiding the dd again). ) 4. Run the following commands to create a INSTALLATION/ ) MAINTENANCE diskette ) # /usr/lpp/bosinst/diskette/mkinstdskt /usr/bin/bosinst.image ) # dd if=/usr/bin/bosinst.image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 Avoid the "dd" with: "/usr/lpp/bosinst/diskette/mkinstdskt". -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |The views expressed herein, are the sole responsibility of the typist at hand| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |UUCP: robin%aixserv@uunet.uu.net | |USNail: 701 Canyon Bend Dr. | | Pflugerville, TX 78660 | | Home: (512)251-6889 Work: (512)823-3015 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+