i have been given a bootable cd/dvd, that i install a ibm aix 185 workstation with, i want to make a nim mksysb resource from that,
the following is a listing for the root file structure of the cd/dvd, seems someone took a mksysb of a built ibm aix machine and did mkcd -L -S -I and setup the disk image and burned the disk.
total 72
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root system 256 Jan 17 10:42 ppc
-r--r--r-- 1 root system 60 Jan 17 10:42 mkcd.data
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root system 256 Jan 17 10:42 ismp
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root system 256 Jan 17 10:42 installp
-r--r--r-- 1 root system 10001 Jan 17 10:42 image.data
-r--r--r-- 1 root system 5826 Jan 17 10:42 bosinst.data
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root system 256 Jan 17 10:42 RPMS
-r--r--r-- 1 root system 24 Jan 17 10:42 OSLEVEL
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root system 256 Jan 17 10:42 root
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root system 256 Jan 17 10:43 udi
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root system 256 Jan 17 10:43 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 10 root system 4096 Jan 17 10:43 .
dr-xr-xr-x 9 root system 256 Jan 17 10:43 usr
drwxrwxr-x 17 root system 4096 Jan 17 12:54 ..
my nim wants me to have a full mksysb, i found file on the cd/dvd under the
/export/test/usr/sys/inst.images/mksysb_image, when i run the mkcd on this file this is the error i get in the mkcd.log
cmd: mkcd -L -S -I /export/iso -m /export/test/usr/sys/inst.images/mksysb_image
Initializing mkcd log: /var/adm/ras/mkcd.log...
Verifying command parameters...
Creating temporary file system: /mkcd/cd_fs...
Populating the CD or DVD file system...
0512-300 mkcd: Error in routine: populate_cd_fs.
0512-321 mkcd: Error populating the CD or DVD file system
using the /usr/lpp/bosinst/cdfs.required.list proto file.
Cleaning up...
Removing temporary file system: /mkcd/cd_fs...
i tried to make a mksysb from built box, but get errors referring to linked files, and it cannot finish because of the linked file,
can anyone help
ab