AIX Booting from installation cd and restoring a mksysb tape

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1, Place the mksysb into the correct tape drive, and place disk 1 of the
installation cd's into the cdrom drive.
2, [For Old On a classic RS6000] turn the key switch to service.
3, Power on the machine.
4, If the machine sucessfully IPL'd from the installation cd, the first
prompt you will see is :-
******* Please define the System Console. *******
Type a ? and press Enter to use this terminal as the
system console.
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5, Type the number requested (?) and press return.
6, Type 1 and press Enter to have English during install.
The next screen you should see is :-
Welcome to Base Operating System
Installation and Maintenance
Type the number of your choice and press Enter. Choice is indicated by >>>.
>>> 1 Start Install Now with Default Settings
2 Change/Show Installation Settings and Install
3 Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery
>>> Choice [1]:
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7, Type 3 and press enter to start maintenance mode.
The next screen you should see is :-
Maintenance
Type the number of your choice and press Enter.
>>> 1 Access a Root Volume Group
2 Copy a System Dump to Removable Media
3 Access Advanced Maintenance Functions
4 Install from a System Backup
>>> Choice [1]:
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8, Type 4 and press enter to install from a system backup.
The next screen you should see is :-
Choose Tape Drive
Type the number of the tape drive containing the system backup to be
installed and press Enter.
Tape Drive Path Name
>>> 1 tape/scsi/ost /dev/rmt0
>>> Choice [1]:
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9, Type the number that corresponds to the tape drive that the mysysb tape
is in and press enter.
The next screen you should see is :-
Welcome to Base Operating System
Installation and Maintenance
Type the number of your choice and press Enter. Choice is indicated by >>>.
>>> 1 Start Install Now with Default Settings
2 Change/Show Installation Settings and Install
3 Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery
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88 Help ? |Select 1 or 2 to install from tape device /dev/rmt0
99 Previous Menu |
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>>> Choice [1]:
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You can now follow your normal mksysb restore procedures.

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