Re: Impossible to boot on AIX 5.2 Vol1 of 6 CD

From: Marc Lefebvre (Marc_Lefebvre_at_bmc.com)
Date: 12/23/03 

Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:07:26 -0000

Hi Andreas,

When you say: Model Architecture: chrp

Which models are these? Are all the pSeries machines this kind of model?

Thank you for your help.

Marc.

"Andreas Schulze" <b79xan@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> "Marc Lefebvre" <Marc_Lefebvre@bmc.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> > Hi,
> >
> > My machine says it is an IBM model 7042.
> > The fwversion indicated by the "lsattr -l sys0 -E" command gives 0.1.
> >
> > Is there something I can do to install AIX 5.2?
> > Do I have to upgrade the firmware version?
> > If yes, where do I have to look to get a newer version?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Marc.
> >
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> plattform needs to be chrp:
>
> # lscfg -v |grep "Model Architecture"
> Model Architecture: chrp
> #
>
> Anything else will not do with 5.2. E.g. with "rspc" or "rs6k" you will be
> stuck with 5.1. Should you happen to use specific old hardware components
> (e.g. 3COM905TX Ethernetadapter IIRC etc.) you will be stuck even with
> 4.3.3. Search IBM website for details.
>
> HTH,
> Andreas
>
>