The bosinst.data file

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The values in the bosinst.data file are used for network installation and non prompted network installation.

Using the bosinst.data file

The values in the bosinst.data file for this example are not specific to a network installation and can be applied for other types of installations, such as a mksysb installation.

Note: The depicted values illustrate formatting only and do not apply to your installation.

bosinst.data file nonprompted network installation

An example of a modified bosinst.data file is shown that might be used in a nonprompted network installation.

control_flow:
    CONSOLE = Default
    INSTALL_METHOD = overwrite
    PROMPT = no
    EXISTING_SYSTEM_OVERWRITE = yes
    INSTALL_X_IF_ADAPTER = yes
    RUN_STARTUP = yes
    RM_INST_ROOTS = no
    ERROR_EXIT =
    CUSTOMIZATION_FILE =
    INSTALL_TYPE =
    BUNDLES =
    RECOVER_DEVICES = no
    BOSINST_DEBUG = no
    ACCEPT_LICENSES = yes
    DESKTOP = NONE
    INSTALL_DEVICES_AND_UPDATES = yes
    IMPORT_USER_VGS =
    ALL_DEVICES_KERNELS = yes
    GRAPHICS_BUNDLE = yes
    SYSTEM_MGMT_CLIENT_BUNDLE = yes
    OPENSSH_CLIENT_BUNDLE = no
    OPENSSH_SERVER_BUNDLE = no
    MOZILLA_BUNDLE = no
    KERBEROS_5_BUNDLE = no
    SERVER_BUNDLE = no
    REMOVE_JAVA_5 = yes
    HARDWARE_DUMP = yes
    ADD_CDE = no
    ADD_GNOME = no
    ADD_KDE = no
    ERASE_ITERATIONS = 0
    ERASE_PATTERNS =

target_disk_data:
    LOCATION =
    SIZE_MB =
    HDISKNAME =

locale:
    BOSINST_LANG =
    CULTURAL_CONVENTION =
    MESSAGES =
    KEYBOARD =

mksysb_migration_device

The device type or name where the mksysb image can be located when describing how to perform a mksysb or migration operation.

For a network installation, the mksysb image device must be a network resource and the value of "network" needs to be specified with this variable. For an installation from media, the mksysb image device needs to be specified using the device logical name as known to AIX® (such as /dev/cd0, /dev/rmt0).