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  • 1.  Installation Failure - no bootable disks.

    Posted Tue April 29, 2008 08:25 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    I did a bad thing. I failed to upgrade the firmware on my power4 box before upgrading from 5.2 to 5.3. Needless to say this upgrade failed leaving the box in an unbootable state. This is a standalone box no NIM access and no HMC. I am attempting to put 5.2 back on the box so I can do the upgrade properly, but the installation CD shows hdisk0 and hdisk1 as unbootable. Since there is no OS on the box I am at a loss as to how to wipe the VGDA (and/or ODM entries) so I can do a nice fresh clean install. I have searched around the internet and read thru all my course books, but can't seem to find the answer. I am pretty sure I am just missing something obvious, but I have tried everything I can think of. I am kinda new to AIX so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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  • 2.  Re: Installation Failure - no bootable disks.

    Posted Wed April 30, 2008 08:20 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    download firmware and burn it on CD (*.img file, not iso...)
    Boot into maintenance mode
    mount CD and install new firmware
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  • 3.  Re: Installation Failure - no bootable disks.

    Posted Tue May 06, 2008 10:40 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Well, I tried that and get unsupported media error, there is no floppy drive on this box, where do I go next.
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  • 4.  Re: Installation Failure - no bootable disks.

    Posted Tue May 06, 2008 01:36 PM

    Originally posted by: dukessd


    What are you trying to boot from when you get the unsupported media error?

    Try booting from the AIX 5.2 install media or a diagnostic CD and use the service aids.

    Or try with a usb floppy drive and the service processor method.
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  • 5.  Re: Installation Failure - no bootable disks.

    Posted Tue May 06, 2008 03:52 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Well, that gets me a little closer to actually being able to accomplish this task. When using the diagnostics cd it gives me a cannot read from device (or similar) error. However, when using an AIX microcode update cd from IBM it works fine (but not to the level I want/need). It would seem that my issue is how I am writing the file to the CD. If you have any hints or tips/tricks please let me know before I enumerate all possible combinations on a spindle of bland cdr's..
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  • 6.  Re: Installation Failure - no bootable disks.

    Posted Tue May 06, 2008 06:53 PM

    Originally posted by: dukessd


    They can be fussy about the CD format. Try formating the disk to Rock Ridge (ISO9660) or UDF (Universal Disk Format) format before you copy the files on to it.
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  • 7.  Re: Installation Failure - no bootable disks.

    Posted Tue May 06, 2008 11:32 PM

    Originally posted by: murthys


    Can you please post the current firmware level of your machine and the machine type (4 digit machine type) >
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  • 8.  Re: Installation Failure - no bootable disks.

    Posted Wed May 07, 2008 07:13 PM

    Originally posted by: dukessd


    How will that help murthys?
    They already said the firmware is pre 5.3 support.
    All power 4 hardware is much the same - common firmware.
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