Recovering a client on an ATM network after boot failure

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Follow this procedure for recovering a client on an ATM network after boot failure.

Because BOS installation over ATM requires a special boot image to be written to the hard disk of the client, the original boot image on the machine will be lost. If the installation is stopped or fails before BOS is reinstalled, it will not be possible to perform a normal reboot of the client unless system maintenance is performed. By performing system maintenance, a new boot image can be created on the hard disk to allow the machine to be booted for normal use. Use the following procedure:

  1. Boot the client from the CD/DVD.
  2. When the installation options are displayed, select the option to perform system maintenance.
  3. Make the necessary selections to access the machine's root volume group.
  4. In the maintenance shell, run the following sequence of commands:
    1. bosboot -ad /dev/ipldevice
    2. BLVDISK='lslv -l hd5 | grep hdisk | head -1 |cut -d' ' -f1'
    3. bootlist -m normal $BLVDISK
    4. sync
    5. sync
    6. sync
    7. reboot -q