AIX 1.x Installation from scratch(under construction)

Prerequisites

18 1.44MB floppies. 2 for SCSI Boot, 1 Install, and 15 for the Base Operating System.

Base system

Via network ?

From tape ?

From diskettes

Assuming target is a SCSI hard disk.
  1. Boot with diskette "SCSI Boot 1". Follow instructions. "SCSI Boot 2", Installation diskette.
  2. Follow instructions (new system). Chance to correct thw minidisk sizes. Default (1kB blocks): 
    /u              9824                    982
/aixps2         7704                    770
/               42000                   4200
page            4000                    * (used for swapping)
dump            4000                    * (no files unless a dump occurs)
/aixps2/tmp     5804                    580
    Better, 1GB disk (1kB blocks): 
    Disk            Size in 1K blocks       Number of FILES 
/u              307200                  30720
/aixps2         65536                   6553
/               307200                  30720
page            131072
dump            49152
/aixps2/tmp     102400                  10240
    Better, 540MB disk (1kB blocks): 
    Disk            Size in 1K blocks        
/u              131072 (98304)                
/aixps2          49152                   
/               131072                 
page            131072
dump             49152
/aixps2/tmp      49152

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Last update: 22-Aug-2009, M.Kraemer