24677 * 4096 = I'll have to intensify my search for AIX 4.3
IBM
IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) - Page 2
I have three 7011 and this thread reminds me of something...
You can only purchase a printed manual for the 7011 directly from IBM, as there is no pdf available. It only costs less than $10.
AIX 5.1 is a no-go on these boxes. Of course you can install it (I already did that as well), but it is incredibly slow. AIX 4.3.3 is way better.
You can only purchase a printed manual for the 7011 directly from IBM, as there is no pdf available. It only costs less than $10.
AIX 5.1 is a no-go on these boxes. Of course you can install it (I already did that as well), but it is incredibly slow. AIX 4.3.3 is way better.
As a final test I fitted a 9Gb 10krpm SCA drive + adapter in the 7011, installed the "default" 5.1, booted Maintenance -> Access root vg and:
- commented out useless things in inittab;
- created an 128Mb paging lv and added a swapon command for it in /sbin/rc.boot after swapon /dev/hd6 .
the result - to remain here for posterity and google - is:
AIX 5.1 doesn't work with 64Mb of RAM. Don't try it. I tried it for you and it doesn't.
Thank you very much.
- commented out useless things in inittab;
- created an 128Mb paging lv and added a swapon command for it in /sbin/rc.boot after swapon /dev/hd6 .
the result - to remain here for posterity and google - is:
AIX 5.1 doesn't work with 64Mb of RAM. Don't try it. I tried it for you and it doesn't.
Thank you very much.
psergiu wrote: Hello all ! Thank you all very much for your replies.
I finally managed to:
- get an USB-Serial adapter 100% supported by OSX (connected though an old 25-9 adapter from a serial mouse)
- upgrade the ram from 16 to 64 Mb (found a bag of IBM 8Mb parity SIMMs at a flea market)
- find a SCSI cdrom willing to boot (Plextor UltraPlex 40max)
- replace the original 1Gb disk with a 2Gb one (will be replaced with a larger one later)
- boot from the CD (key in service mode)
I installed AIX 5.1 (minimal install), the installation progress reaches 96%, (Creating boot image.) it reboots from the hdisk0, but instead of the Installation Assistant menu i get:
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AIX Version 5
(C) Copyrights by IBM and by others 1982, 2000.
Console login:
if i try to login as root it will dump me straight back to the login: prompt - no password asked.
after typing furiously root i maganed to make him spit out something like:
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Console login: root
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* Welcome to AIX Version 5.1! *
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* Please see the README file in /usr/lpp/bos for information pertinent to *
* this release of the AIX Operating System. *
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Last login: Sun Jun 17 02:36:49 CDT 2007 on /dev/tty0
#
AIX Version 5
(C) Copyrights by IBM and by others 1982, 2000.
Console login:
... it gave me the # prompt for about 1/2 of a second then back to login:
I booted then to Maintenace -> Access a Root Volume Group -> #
passwd -> changed the password -> no luck
install_assist -> Accepted all the licences, changed the root password & timezone -> i still get the dreaded useless login:
HelpAIX hates me
And as AIX 5.1 is the only one i could find ...
Thank you !
I've got three 7028-6C1's here, dual 450's, 4gb RAM each, trying 5.1 on them all, all exhibit the same as above, ie looping root prompt, no password asked, no config assist...
I think from reading t'internet it's something to do with my serial cable I'm trying to install over, something about not be able to spawn a proper terminal?
Anyway, if anyone knows how to get around this please tell me!
I have 5.3 too, but my microcode is too low, and I can't get a prompt to update it!
The answer to this is cable, cable, cable.
I was using one of those Cisco RJ45 to serial leads - that was the issue, tried with proper serial and null modem adapter and all works as should!
I was using one of those Cisco RJ45 to serial leads - that was the issue, tried with proper serial and null modem adapter and all works as should!
Cisco cables are probably 3-wire and there are a couple of machines that do not like three wire serial consoles.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Living proof that you can't keep a blithering idiot down.
(single-CM)
Living proof that you can't keep a blithering idiot down.
(single-CM)