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  • 1.  loopmount AIX base filesets image with extension .udf

    Posted 04/01/21 04:01 PM
    I need the AIX  7,1,4,0 base for an upgrade, however the downloaded version is NOT .iso but .udf.
    Is there anyone know how to loopmount this please:

    Here are the downloaded files:

    AIX_7.1_Base_Install_7100-04-00_DVD_1_of_2_122015.udf

    AIX_V7.1_Base_Install_7100-04-00_DVD_2_of_2_122015.udf

     
    Some documents out there mentioned this command which does not make sense:
     
     
    loop mount -i UDF_FILE.iso -l loop0 -o "-V udfs -o ro" -m /image
     
    I need something to loopmount this guy:
    AIX_7.1_Base_Install_7100-04-00_DVD_1_of_2_122015.ud
     
    Appreciate your help
    Dharmaf


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  • 2.  RE: loopmount AIX base filesets image with extension .udf

    Posted 04/03/21 03:39 AM
    Hello Dharma,
    you can loopmount an udf file same way like iso files:
    loopmount -i AIX_V7.2_Base_Install_7200-00-00_DVD_2_of_2_122015.udf -m /mnt -o "-V cdrfs -o ro"
    Within my environment (AIX 7.2TL05SP01) this works perfect.
    Greetings
    Peter

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    Peter Hornung
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  • 3.  RE: loopmount AIX base filesets image with extension .udf

    Posted 04/14/21 06:55 AM
    Additional Info:
    That works fine for AIX Flash-Images downloaded from IBM ESS portal, but for example when using a VIO install Flash-Image from ESS and trying to acces usr/sys/inst.images/mksysb_image there is an failure like "A system call received an unkown signal".
    In that case you have to do the loopmount command using the option "-V udfs" instead of "-V cdrfs"!
    Regards

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    Peter Hornung
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  • 4.  RE: loopmount AIX base filesets image with extension .udf

    Posted 04/06/21 03:54 AM
    Hi Dharma,

    if you have CD image, then you use -V cdrfs.
    If you have UDFS image (like you've downloaded), then you use -V udfs.

    More about it is in Gareth's blog

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    Andrey Klyachkin

    https://www.power-devops.com
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