ITEM: BL9886L

Hanging on led 611 doing a sysback network boot

Env:
  AIX 4.1.4
  sysback 3.2
  RISC 590

Desc:
  Customer was doing a network boot using sysback and it hung on
  led 611

Action:
  
Led 611 -- Failed to nfs /usr from the server

THREE BASIC PROBLEMS THAT CAUSE A LED 611 HANG
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PROBLEM 1
----------
  This can also be a known bug with sysback  3.3.2.16 and lower.
  This problem will only exist when the client and server are
  communacating through a GATEWAY.

            Workaround:
            -----------

            1.  cd /usr/lpp/sysback/netinst/boot
            2.  cp rc.boot4 rc.boot4.org
                If that file does not exist then do this:
                cp rc.boot rc.boot.org
            3.  vi rc.boot4   or   vi rc.boot
                go to line 118 or 121  Change the -ne  to a !=

                CHANGE
                ------
                if [ "$BOOT_GATE_IP" -ne 0 ]

                TO
                --
                if [ "$BOOT_GATE_IP" != 0 ]

            5.  Remake the network boot image on the server and reboot the
                client.

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Known bug at AIX 4.1.4 that will effect NIM as well as sysback.  
Fixed with APAR: IX54851 or  Filesets: 
bos.adt.prof 4.1.4.5 
bos.rte.libc 4.1.4.5  
bos.net.nfs.client 4.1.4.4 
bos.sysmgt.quota 4.1.3.1  
bos.net.tcp.client 4.1.4.4
      
Install the software
Once the software has installed without errors reboot the server.
You will need to remake the network boot image on the server
from the sysback menu again.  Reboot your client and try the process
again.

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Also if you run exportfs command on the server you should see that 
/usr is exported for the client.  If not you will have to modify the
/etc/exports file to correct this.

Example of correct format from the exportfs command
/usr -ro,root=martin.aix.dfw.ibm.com




Support Line: Hanging on led 611 doing a sysback network boot ITEM: BL9886L

Dated: July 1996 Category: N/A

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