Has anyone installed/booted from USB drive?

[FrankieAIX]

Has anyone been able to install to or boot AIX from a external USB drive?


Thanks!


-FrankieAIX

 

[p5wizard]

I once tried a usb memory stick in an AIX53 system - came up as a usb cdrom drive in AIX - and it didn't even work as a RO cdrfs...

I don't believe there's support yet for the stuff you want to do.


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[mrn]

I've been trying for ages to do the same thing, but as yet I haven't found a solution. Can do it on solaris no problem.......

Mike

"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."

http://www.airport-parking-site.co.uk/

 

[bi]

We needed to get a huge file from an AIX system to an external USB drive. I called IBM and they told me the USB port on this Power5 520 can only be used for a (get this) mouse and/or a keyboard!!

What a waste of a USB port.

 

[mrn]

I don't see why this can't be supported the J20 blade servers use an internal USB CD-Rom (Very slow).

Mike

"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."

http://www.airport-parking-site.co.uk/

 

[p5wizard]

USB cdrom device should also be supported. But that doesn't help you...

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[mrn]

After a bit of googling it appears it may be supported in 5.3 with the following fileset installed

devices.usbif.080550

Mike

"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."

http://www.airport-parking-site.co.uk/