[aix thinkpad] help a new AIXer

[Federico Lucifredi]

Trevor,
    If I did a brute reinstall, do you think my aix 4.2.1 cds might not be
enough to reinstall ? is that your concern ?

-Federico

----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Cordes" <trevor at tecnopolis.ca>
To: <aixtp at pog.tecnopolis.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 13:46
Subject: Re: [aix thinkpad] help a new AIXer


> > I cannot read it now, but the original answer was 2.4....
>
> Something's messed up then... or you were reading the wrong field.  CDE
> didn't exist in AIX 2!  And AIX 2 for sure won't run on the 850... AIX 2
> was 300 years ago!
>
> > Yah -actually I was trying to install one of the CC II IBM PCMCIA
Ethernet
> > adapters, one that by part number on your page *should* work.
>
> Ah... it probably worked, and now CDE is trying to do DNS lookups.  If
> you wait long enough (an hour) you should be able to get in and fix it
> up.
>
> > Even if I reload the system, with such an insane lockup in CDE this is
not
> > going to be fun.
>
> You can configure CDE to not need DNS but it is very tricky and I don't
> remember how anymore.  You have to go through the whole CDE startup
> process in your mind and remove any places where it may need DNS.  OR
> make sure you are connected to a LAN when booting.
>
> NOTE: I'm still just guessing that this is your problem.  It sounds like
> it though, and I spent a long time myself years ago solving this one.
>
> NOTE #2: If you can get into CDE, even if you don't fix the DNS problem,
> you can then use xpowerm to hibernate the machine instead of turning it
> off, then you can still use the machine with no delays without a LAN.
>
> > How do I boot single-user in AIX ?
>
> There *might* be an option in the F4 menu.  If not, then booting from CD
> should provide a single-user/recovery option.  Be careful though.
>
> > It appears to be F4 =)
>
> Thanks... I'll have to remember that... maybe add it to my web page!
>
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