11-15-2007
I have not net installed AIX, but I have net install IRIX and Solaris.
Both basically do the following
IRIX loads a miniroot (about 20Meg) and that runs the whole installer.
Solaris loads a kernel but then has to mount root via NFS.
How are you expecting AIX to find the root file system for the installation?
Have you set up an NFS share for this purpose and, say, setup /etc/bootparams and started rpc.bootparamd?
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
bootpef
BOOTPEF(8) System Manager's Manual BOOTPEF(8)
NAME
bootpef - BOOTP Extension File compiler
SYNOPSIS
bootpef [ -c chdir ] [ -d debug-level ] [-f config-file ] [ client-name [...]]
DESCRIPTION
bootpef builds the Extension Path files described by RFC 1497 (tag 18). If any client-name arguments are specified, then bootpef compiles
the extension files for only those clients.
OPTIONS
-c chdir-path
Sets the current directory used by bootpef while creating extension files. This is useful when the extension file names are speci-
fied as relative pathnames, and bootpef needs to use the same current directory as the TFTP server (typically /tftpboot).
-d debug-level
Sets the debug-level variable that controls the amount of debugging messages generated. For example, -d4 or -d 4 will set the
debugging level to 4.
-f config-file
Set the name of the config file that specifies the option data to be sent to each client.
SEE ALSO
bootpd(8), tftpd(8)
REFERENCES
RFC951 BOOTSTRAP PROTOCOL (BOOTP)
RFC1497
BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions
MAINTENANCE COMMANDS
4 Dec 1993 BOOTPEF(8)