Below are instructions on how to modify and confirm your bootlist, which is the list of devices that your AIX system is going to try to boot from. Below is a list of quick and easy commands.

• To specify the logical volume hd5 on disk hdisk0 for normal boot, typle
  • bootlist -m normal hdisk0 blv=hd5

• To view the boot list that you set in the example above
  • bootlist -m normal -o      #where normal sepcifies normal boot

• To specify booting in normal mode from the only boot logical volume on hdisk0, or the boot record hd5 on hdisk1, do the following
  • bootlist -m normal hdisk0 hdisk1 blv=mb_hd5
• If you are dealing with a new disk you are going to need to initialize the boot block as well.
  • In this example you can see that the boot block on hdisk0 has not been initialized.

  • hdisk1 blv=hd5

    hdisk0

  • # bosboot -ad /dev/hdisk0 #use the bosboot command to initialize it.
  • Now all is well

    • # bootlist -m normal -o

      hdisk1 blv=hd5

      hdisk0 blv=hd5

                                           

 

Below are some quick and dirty commands that maybe usefull.

bootlist -m (normal or service) -o –
displays bootlist
bootlist -m (normal or service) (list of devices) – change bootlist
bootinfo -b –
Identifies the bootable disk
bootinfo -t   –
Specifies type of boot
bosboot -a -d (/dev/pv) – Creates a complete
boot image on a physical volume.
mkboot -c -d (/dev/pv)       Zero’s out
the boot records on the physical volume.
savebase -d (/dev/pv)        Saves
customised ODM info onto the boot device.