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Without an HMC DualBoot would require physically removing and adding disks.
I'm not certain if the SST tools would manage partitioning as they used to
and even then I'm sure they don't support vSCSI to use NWSD...

Roberto

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

congrats.

as for adding the AIX drives for dual boot.

Adding them depends on the disk controller you have as the back plane.
I forget the option numbers, but if the system was not configured
previously for dual boot i doubt it is in there.

you are probably better served creating a NWSD for the linux partition.
looks like
RHEL 4, 4.5, 4.6, 5, and 5.1
SLES 9 and 10

AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 are also supported




GL
Bryan






Scott Williams wrote on 8/8/2018 2:55 PM:

Last time I posted, I was gathering information for installing Linux on my
POWER6 system since I was under the impression at the time that I would
not
be able to install IBM i on the box.

Well, I was having issues installing linux after yaboot came up. I never
got around to trying the method outlined by Kevin Bucknum [The boot issue
was because yaboot expects its config file to be in /etc, but that isn't
mounted at boot time. Copying /etc/yaboot.conf to /boot/etc/yaboot.conf
fixed that problem.] because I felt like giving IBM i another try as it
was
the OS I wanted to learn about in the first place.

After reading the documentation several times. I was able to get the
machine to IPL, load the LIC, and connect to console. The main points of
trouble were getting into the ASMI again since I had forgotten to use
https://asmiaddress instead of the address alone. Also changing the
console
to LAN console was an exercise in patience as the 65+21+11 sequences
require timely inputs and the SRC codes it spits back out can be a little
confusing. I had to do this part 3 times before I got the LAN console set
properly. The documentation was extremely helpful in getting through this
process. I will say that with so many pages of documentation out there,
you
really need to deploy the right search terms. However, each page of
documentation led me to where I am today.

So now the box is up on 7.1, configured on the LAN, and 5250 sessions are
available. Rational is also connected to the machine. I am already
learning
quite a bit about the software install, networking setup, and basic system
configurations. It had seemed very daunting when I first started but I am
slowly demystifying the box and it's methods. Next lesson will be to FTP
my
image catalog save to another machine/storage device, and testing
reloading
the system from that image catalog.

Sooner than later I need to re-locate the box to the basement since it's
like a jet engine taking off in my front room when you power it on...and
the wife isn't super happy about that!

I'm still curious as to whether I can install the 2 pseries disks I
acquired and dual boot Linux or IBM i without an HMC. That will be a
adventure for another day...

Thought I would report back and share my experience.

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