Re: mksysb recovery problems

From: Martin Trcka (trcka_at_GCSYSTEM.CZ)
Date: 07/21/04

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    Date:         Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:59:49 +0200
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    Joseph,
    maybe even faster way is to use SMS menu to change the bootlist.

    - power on the box
    - wait for a beep
    - press either F1 (on a grafix console) or 1 (on a tty)
    - wait for SMS menu
    - repair the bootlist
    - put the mksysb tape into the drive
    - reboot
    - and wait (booting from tape is a loong process, could take about 10
    mins, even more)

    Hope this helps..

    Cest, M.

    JOSEPH KREMBLAS wrote:

    > Wednesday, July 21, 2004, A.D.
    >
    > Good morning, Dave,
    >
    > It's unclear as to whether you are trying to boot from a mksysb
    > TAPE or not as already appropriately addressed by Martin in an earlier
    > response to your issue(s).
    >
    > If, in fact, you are trying to boot from a mksysb TAPE, AND you
    > know this is the correct image for the machine you're trying to recover,
    > then we can nip this little problem in the bud by simply changing your
    > boot list on the machine. By default, the tape device is not part of the
    > boot list. So, the plan is to boot from one of your CD-ROMs and change
    > the boot list. Afterwards, we can mount the tape and reboot the system
    > from the mksysb TAPE. The procedure that would guide me would look
    > something like this:
    >
    > (1) Boot from CD-ROM.
    > (2) Change boot list.
    > Command: bootlist -m normal rmt0 hdisk0
    > (3) Power off machine.
    > (4) Insert mksysb tape in tape drive.
    >
    > I hope this information helps, and good luck.
    >
    > Best wishes,
    >
    >
    > Joseph Kremblas
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    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    > David Zarnoch
    > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:19 AM
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: mksysb recovery problems
    >
    >
    > Folks,
    >
    > We are trying to recover a box from a mksysb.
    >
    > We first tried to boot off the mksysb but it failed
    >
    > Then we tried to boot off CDROMs then access the
    > mksysb but we got an error indicating that the operating
    > system was different between the CDROMs and the mksysb
    > (we suspect that the former admin used personal CDs to
    > create the operating system that do not match the level
    > we are using presently)
    >
    > Is there anything we can try?
    >
    > My boss is pretty hot about this...
    > :0(
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    > Dave Zarnoch
    > david.zarnoch@bisys.com
    > 

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