This document is applicable to AIX Version 4.1.
Make sure your hardware installation is complete, and all external devices, such as CD-ROM drives and tape drives, are installed.
If you are installing over an existing version of AIX, make a backup copy of your system software and data.
Locate and insert your AIX installation tape or CD-ROM. If your tape or CD-ROM drive will not open, see "To Start the System" in Chapter 2 of the AIX Version 4.1 Installation Guide.
Shut down your system unit.
Turn the key mode switch on the system unit to the position labeled Service.
Make sure all external devices attached to the system unit (such as CD-ROM drives, tape drives, and terminals) are turned on.
Turn on the system unit.
After several minutes, text will appear on displays and terminals attached to your system.
If you are using an ASCII terminal and the text is garbled, make sure the terminal's settings are the same as those listed in Chapter 2 of the AIX Version 4.1 Installation Guide.
Select the console
The console is the display or terminal used for installation and system administration. If you have more than one display or terminal, follow the directions on the display or terminal to select one as the console.
Select the Installation Language
Follow the directions on the display or terminal to select the language used for the installation instructions.
Based on the current configuration, your system automatically determines defaults for the installation and system settings. Usually, you will want to accept these defaults:
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Welcome to Base Operating System
Installation and Maintenance
Type the number of your choice and press Enter.
1 Start Installation Now with Default Settings
2 Change/Show Installation Settings and Install
3 Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery
88 Help
Choice:
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To begin installation using the default settings, enter 1. To view or change the default settings, enter 2. For help, enter 88, or refer to the AIX Version 4.1 Installation Guide.
If you chose option 1, go to Step 6.
If you chose option 2, go to Step 5.
The following screen displays the current installation and system settings.
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Installation and Settings
Either type 0 and press Enter to install with current settings, or
type the number of the setting you want to change and press Enter.
Setting:
1 System Settings Current Choice:
Method of Installation...............Migration
Disk Where You Want to Install.......hdisk0
2 Primary Language Environment Settings (After Install):
Cultural Convention..................English (United States)
Language.............................English (United States)
Keyboard.............................English (United States)
3 Install Trusted Computing Base.........no
>>> 0 Install with the settings listed above.
88 Help?
99 Previous Menu
>>> Choice [0]:
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There are three Methods of Installation:
For help with these settings, enter 88, or refer to the AIX Version 4.1 Installation Guide.
After you have viewed or changed the settings, enter 0 to install AIX.
Base operating system installation will complete in approximately one to three hours, depending on your machine and installation method. If the key mode switch is then placed in Normal or OK position, your system will reboot and the Installation Assistant will appear on your terminal or display.
NOTE: If you are migrating from AIX Version 4.1, you may not see the Installation Assistant. In this case, go directly to Step 9.
If you chose a graphical display as your console, go to Step 7.
If you chose an ASCII terminal as your console, go to Step 8.
The graphical Installation Assistant guides you through installation tasks. For help with an item, click on the "i" next to that item. For overall help, select the Help menu in the upper right-hand corner of the Installation Assistant window.
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After you exit the Installation Assistant, go to Step 9.
The ASCII Installation Assistant displays menus describing the choices and actions necessary during installation. If you need help with any choice, press the F1 key, or refer to the AIX Version 4.1 Installation Guide.
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Installation Assistant
Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.
Set Date and Time
Set root Password
Set Installation Device
Configure Network Communications
Manage System Storage and Paging Space (rootvg)
Manage Language Environment
Create Users
Define Printers
Import Existing Volume Groups
Install Software Applications
Back Up the System
Tasks Completed-Exit to AIX Login
F1=Help F2=Refresh F3=Cancel F8=Image
F9=Shell F10=Exit Enter=Do
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After you exit the Installation Assistant, go to Step 9.
Log in as one of the users you created during AIX installation. Your system is ready to use.
Installing and Using Your AIX System:
Installation AIX Version 4.1 Installation Guide (order # SC23-2550) AIX Version 4.1 Network Installation Management Guide and Reference (order # SC23-2627)
Getting Started as a New User:
AIX Version 4.1 Getting Started (order # SC23-2527)
Troubleshooting AIX Version 4.1:
Problem Solving Guide and Reference (order # SC23-2606)
File Systems:
Chapter 6 of AIX Version 4.1 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices (order # SC23-2525)
System Backup and Restoration:
Chapter 8 of AIX Version 4.1 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices
Network Management:
AIX Version 4.1 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks (order # SC23-2526)
Logical Volumes:
Chapter 5 of AIX Version 4.1 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices
User and Group Management:
Chapter 4 of AIX Version 4.1 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices
Printers, Tape Drives, Attached Devices:
Chapters 17, 18, and 19 of AIX Version 4.1 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices