custboot(8) — AIX PS/2 1.2.1



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custboot



PURPOSE

Produces a customized boot diskette set.

SYNTAX


custboot ---|


Note:  This command is for the PS/2 only.

DESCRIPTION

The custboot command is used to create a customized boot diskette set.  This
allows the user to build a set of the boot diskettes with a driver that has
been added to the kernel by the user, and one that is not currently on the
standard AIX PS/2 boot diskette(s).  The customized boot diskette set may be
from 1 to 9 diskettes.  The procedure to create and to use the "custboot"
customized boot diskette set is described in Installing and Customizing the AIX
PS/2 Operating System.

The procedure for building a customized boot diskette(s) using custboot is
described below:

  1. Prior to running custboot to create your custom boot diskette(s) make sure
    the following items are available:

       Standard AIX boot diskette #1
       Several formatted high density diskettes
       A copy of aunix
       A copy of nvramcfg.info
       A copy of fs2fd, which includes the file /usr/sys/bin/ldminit

  2. Run custboot by typing custboot.

  3. Select one of the options from the main menu:

      To select new disk drive
      To select new kernel location
      To select new sizes of build file systems
      To keep default values for above options

  4. Follow the instructions provided by the custboot program.

  5. Boot the kernel (or customized kernel) from the reboot customized boot
    diskette(s) as follows:



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       Reboot the system with the "custboot" diskette #1
       Select the "boot from Diskette" menu item from the AIX PS/2 bootstrap
       diskette.

  6. Follow the instructions provided by the IBM AIX PS/2 bootstrap diskette.

FILES

/usr/sys/bin/ldminit
"aunix"
"nvramcfg.info"
"fs2fd"

RELATED INFORMATION

Refer to "Creating Customized Boot Diskette Set" and "Booting the Kernel from
the Boot Diskettes," in the Installing and Customizing the AIX PS/2 Operating
System manual.




































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