Originally posted by: chandru0078

Hi All

When i trying to mksysb using SMIT getting below error.Even the error trowed,mksysb still completed successfully but how to verify whether this is good boot image?Is there any way to fix this problem?do i need to mksysb again.I'm using DAT 72 4mm tape and AIX 5.3. Please help me.Thank very much.

rootvg
TOTAL PPs: 1092 (139776 megabytes)
FREE PPs: 716 (91648 megabytes)
USED PPs: 376 (48128 megabytes)

Creating tape boot image....
bosboot: Boot image is 26904 512 byte blocks.

• ATTENTION *****

The boot image you just created might fail to boot because
the size exceeds the system limit. For information about
fixes or workarounds, see /usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/README.

• ATTENTION *****

Creating list of files to back up.
Backing up 49953 files..............................
4785 of 49953 files (9%)..............................
5775 of 49953 files (11%)..............................
10586 of 49953 files (21%)..............................
32321 of 49953 files (64%)..............................
39906 of 49953 files (79%)..............................
42116 of 49953 files (84%)..............................
45749 of 49953 files (91%)..............................
46950 of 49953 files (93%)..............................
46952 of 49953 files (93%)..............................
47022 of 49953 files (94%)..............................
47536 of 49953 files (95%)...........................
49953 of 49953 files (100%)

Verifying readability...

chandru0078
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Originally posted by: IBMFORUMS

ignore it
just run lsmksysb -f /dev/rmt0 for readability
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Originally posted by: dukessd

What does /usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/README have to say about it?

Some older systems have a 12Meg boot limit, some more recent systems need up to date firmware to boot an image over 12Meg.

All recent systems can boot any size image.
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