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Operating Systems AIX Can't boot AIX Post 302603257 by firstpost on Wednesday 29th of February 2012 11:31:31 AM
Old 02-29-2012
Data [Solved] Can't boot AIX
Good afternoon there,

One of my friend gave me an old IBM 44P Model 170 (I've planned to use it to learn AIX that I don't know at all) (I know a bit GNU/Linux (Debian, Archlinux, Red Hat, Slackware)).

But, unfortunately, the computer doesn't start properly and I don't have any idea why ;(.

If it helps, you can see the output of the screen below.

Code:
               1 = SMS Menu                  5 = Default Boot List
               8 = Open Firmware Prompt      6 = Stored Boot List

     memory      keyboard     network      scsi      speaker

RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000                                 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000       STARTING SOFTWARE         RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000         PLEASE WAIT...          RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000                                 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 WELCOME TO AIX
                      boot image timestamp : 10:08 09/19
               The current time and date : 12:39:21 02/29/2012
             number of processors : 1     size of memory : 1024Mb
boot device : /pci@fef00000/scsi@c/sd@4,0
closing stdin and stdout
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_

And that's it. I can't do anything. The keyboard doesn't seem to respond.


Now, the questions :

- Does that mean the computer is dead?

- Also, there is no "press xx to access the BIOS". Is there a way to get an access to it?

- As you can see on the screen above, there is 1 = SMS Menu, 5 = Default Boot List etc..., but when I press F1, F5 or 1, 5, nothing is happening. Is that normal?

- Is there a way to boot from another media like a cdrom so I can try to install another system?

- Also, when I turn ON the computer, it takes at least 2 minutes before anything appears on the screen. Is that normal? When the screen appears, I see "1 = SMS Menu, 5 = Default Boot List etc..." then it does the tests (memory, keyboard, network, scsi, speakers).

Please, let me know if you need more informations about my hardware/problem.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Last edited by firstpost; 03-13-2012 at 09:52 AM..
 

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