AIX

Hi,

I do not get to boot an IBM P5 9131-52A in normal mode. I mean I want to get rid of the SMS menu, just an automatic boot to AIX.

I installed AIX 5L V5.3. diag give me this when I run "Normal Mode Bootlist | Display Current bootlist":

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CURRENT BOOTLIST DEVICES FOR NORMAL MODE

The following devices are listed in the order they appear
in the normal mode bootlist.

hdisk0 blv=hd5 Unavailable Device

To continue, press Enter.

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Other outputs:

# lspv
hdisk0 00013d3e1b1e64f0 rootvg active
hdisk1 00013d06ba8f21d2 None
hdisk2 00013d1435012082 None
hdisk3 00013d3eba8215d7 rootvg active
# lspv -l hdisk0
hdisk0:
LV NAME LPs PPs DISTRIBUTION MOUNT POINT
hd10opt 1 1 00..00..01..00..00 /opt
hd3 1 1 00..00..01..00..00 /tmp
hd2 9 9 00..00..09..00..00 /usr
hd8 1 1 00..00..01..00..00 N/A
hd5 1 1 01..00..00..00..00 N/A
paging00 8 8 00..00..08..00..00 N/A
# lsvg -l rootvg
rootvg:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
hd5 boot 1 1 1 closed/syncd N/A
hd6 paging 8 8 1 open/syncd N/A
hd8 jfs2log 1 1 1 open/syncd N/A
hd4 jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /
hd2 jfs2 9 9 1 open/syncd /usr
hd9var jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /var
hd3 jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /tmp
hd1 jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /home
hd10opt jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /opt
fwdump jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /var/adm/ras/platform
paging00 paging 8 8 1 open/syncd N/A
# cd /dev
# mkdev -l hd5
mkdev: 0514-524 Cannot perform the requested function because the
specified device does not have a configure method.
#

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Display of the service processor:

01 N V=F
T

You might check whether /dev/ipldevice exists in your rootvg and that it is hard linked to /dev/rhdisk0.

Hi,

They seems hardlinks. Anyway I erased ipldevice and run "ln rhdisk0 ipldevice".

Reboot and ... it still does not work... Could it be something related to the firmware??

# ls -l ipldevice rhdisk0
crw------- 2 root system 22, 2 Mar 30 11:12 ipldevice
crw------- 2 root system 22, 2 Mar 30 11:12 rhdisk0
#

lscode:

DISPLAY MICROCODE LEVEL
IBM,9131-52A

The current permanent system firmware image is SF240_202
The current temporary system firmware image is SF240_338
The system is currently booted from the temporary firmware image.

Use Enter to continue.

Question:

May I rebuild this boot partition hd5? If yes: How?

Ricardo