IBM RS/6000 - Manual (Page 114)

BLVDISK= lslv -l hd5 | grep hdisk | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f1
ln -f /dev/r$BLVDISK /dev/ipldevice
bosboot -a -d /dev/ipldevice
rm -f /etc/firstboot
sync
sync
sync
exit
4. Backup the 3 files to a diskette:
# find . -print | backup -ivqf/dev/rfd
5. Create a mksysb tape from the system that you want to clone.
6. Boot the target machine (the one you want to install) with the AIX CD-ROM
product media, and insert the diskette in the drive. Make sure the tape drive is
turned on.
7. When the console screen comes up, hit F1, then select the language.
8. When the "Welcome to Base Operating System Installation and Maintenance"
screen appears select option 3, Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery.
9. Select option 4, Install from a System Backup
10. Put the mksysb tape in the tape drive and close the door. Select the tape drive
from the menu and hit enter. You will then see the system access the tape
drive, then restore from the diskette drive.
11. When the confirmation screen comes up, choose 1 or 2, hit enter, then hit enter
again to confirm the install. You should see the mksysb being restored, and the
cloner script installing any additional devices it detects.
Note: When installing a mksysb on a different platform type (for example, an rs6k
mksysb to a PCI-based RS/6000), the first bosboot that bos install attempts will fail,
and a message will appear to ask if you wish to perform maintenance or continue.
You should select continue at this point and the cloner script will run, although you
will not see any output until the copyright screen at the end and the machine
reboots.
5.5 Configuration Information
With the introduction of AIX Version 4.1.4 came an extension to the lscfg
command. The previous options available for the command listed information on
specific devices and VPD (Vital Product Data) found in the Customized VPD object
class in the ODM. The option
-r was added to lscfg to allow the command to list
VPD found in residual data. Running the command lscfg -r on the
microchannel-based RS/6000 systems will result in no information being displayed
and no error message being displayed.
If the command lscfg is run on F30, it will output data similar to the following:
90 Introduction to PCI-Based RS/6000 Servers