Re: Booting F50 from CD for 4.3.x->5.x Upgrade

From: at (R.Mariotti)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:15:40 GMT

On 28 Sep 2003 08:31:09 -0700, tkevans@tkevans.com (Tim Evans) wrote:

>Just spent a couple of fruitless hours attempting to upgrade an F50
>from AIX 4.3.x to 5.x.
>
>Per the install instructions, you are to hit F5 when the keyboard icon
>appears on the IBM graphical console. When I do this, I get a message
>about AIX booting from the CD-ROM (actually, from the SCSI target id
>the CD has), after which everything just stops. The LCD display shows
>"c31" which is the "identify console" code. Still nothing ever
>happens, even with repeated presses of F5, 5, and pretty much every
>other key on the keyboard. Waited 15 minutes for something to happen
>before
>giving up
>
>System still boots 4.3.x from normal boot disk when they keyboard
>isn't touched. FWIW, 'bootlist' shows nothing at all in the bootlist.

A few odd ball suggestions:

- If you are using the graphical console and have a mouse connected...
disconnect the mouse and try it again (don't ask why).

- Be sure the key is in the Wrench position

- You might have to resort to a serial terminal connected to S1 @ 9600
BPS and press the "5" key repeatedly when you start to see the bootup
info on the terminal screen.

Some of these ideas might get you where you need to be.
 Let us all know how you make out.

B

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