Problem
When running the command “bosboot -ad /dev/ipldevice” in IBM AIX, you get the following error:
Solution
A device specified with the bosboot -d
command is not valid. The bosboot
command was unable to finish processing because it could not locate the required boot device. The installp
command calls the bosboot command with /dev/ipldevice
. If this error does occur, it is probably because /dev/ipldevice does not exist. /dev/ipldevice
is a link to the boot disk.
To determine if the link to the boot device is missing or incorrect :
- Verify the link exists:
- In this case, it does not exist. To identify the boot disk, execute
lslv -m hd5
. It will show the name of the boot disk:
In this example the boot disk name is hdisk4
and hdisk1
.
- Create a link between the boot device indicated and the
/dev/ipldevice
file:
In my case, I ran:
- Now run the
bosboot
command again:
Example:
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