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Full Discussion: IBM rs/6000 7026-c2
Operating Systems AIX IBM rs/6000 7026-c2 Post 302899576 by bakunin on Wednesday 30th of April 2014 07:25:17 AM
Old 04-30-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by AIX5.2
Thanks for the link, its starting to make a bit more sense now. The menu I was in was like ILO on an HP server.
Yes, these are similar things: RS/6000 systems have a "service processor", which runs once the system is connected to AC power. It presents some menus and you can boot the system from there. If your OS CDs do not boot you might ahve to change the boot list, which is somewhere in these menus.

Quote:
Originally Posted by AIX5.2
I'm assuming that if I can get the server "powered on" (If there is an OS on there already) then I will get a login prompt at the console rather than the menu I currently get? I have the serial cable plugged into 5 (serial 1) and I'm guessing all video output will come out of that port?
Yes.

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Originally Posted by AIX5.2
I had to buy the aix 5.2 from ebay and only got the 7 cds. I looked online for 5.3 which is the version I really needed but couldn't find the software unless I subscribed to IBM.
Problem is: 5.3 is already out of its life cycle. 5.2 is its predecessor and, honestly, i'd prefer the even older 5.1 over 5.2 any day and twice on sundays. 5.2 was far worse than 5.1 or 5.3. I suggest you go hunting for some 5.3. media. You won't get any support from IBM, but i think it is still possible to download some "last level" of 5.3 from IBMs web site. You have to have installed the base level filesets (on the CD) to be able to install the update-filesets, therefore you still need the CD(s) even if you effectively install the updates from the IBM website.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
 

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bootctl

BOOTCTL(1)							      bootctl								BOOTCTL(1)

NAME

       bootctl - Control the firmware and boot manager settings

SYNOPSIS

       bootctl [OPTIONS...] status

       bootctl [OPTIONS...] list

       bootctl [OPTIONS...] update

       bootctl [OPTIONS...] install

       bootctl [OPTIONS...] remove

DESCRIPTION

       bootctl checks, updates, installs or removes the boot loader from the current system.

       bootctl status checks and prints the currently installed versions of the boot loader binaries and all current EFI boot variables.

       bootctl list displays all configured boot loader entries.

       bootctl update updates all installed versions of systemd-boot, if the current version is newer than the version installed in the EFI system
       partition. This also includes the EFI default/fallback loader at /EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI. A systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is
       created if there is no current entry. The created entry will be added to the end of the boot order list.

       bootctl install installs systemd-boot into the EFI system partition. A copy of systemd-boot will be stored as the EFI default/fallback
       loader at /EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI. A systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created and added to the top of the boot order list.

       bootctl remove removes all installed versions of systemd-boot from the EFI system partition, and removes systemd-boot from the EFI boot
       variables.

       If no command is passed, status is implied.

OPTIONS

       The following options are understood:

       -h, --help
	   Print a short help text and exit.

       --version
	   Print a short version string and exit.

       --path=
	   Path to the EFI System Partition (ESP). If not specified, /efi, /boot, and /boot/efi are checked in turn. It is recommended to mount
	   the ESP to /boot, if possible.

       -p, --print-path
	   This option modifies the behaviour of status. Just print the path to the EFI System Partition (ESP) to standard output and exit.

       --no-variables
	   Do not touch the EFI boot variables.

EXIT STATUS

       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

SEE ALSO

       Boot loader specification[1] systemd boot loader interface[2]

NOTES

	1. Boot loader specification
	   https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec

	2. systemd boot loader interface
	   https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface

systemd 237																BOOTCTL(1)
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