This is a rough draft, to be improved as I go.

Insert CDRom (AIX 4.1.4 for G5 processors in my case)

Power on machine

F1 / Enter to use console

1 / Enter for English

1 / Enter to install with default values

The system will reboot

In Help Viewer, "Volume" area, choose the date/time and set to current - go to next task.

Set the root password and go to next task.

Set the Installation Device to /dev/cd0

Done, Cancel, Cancel, Go to next task.

Configure network, go to next task, and finally a tcp/ip window appears.

• name = aix
• address = 207.86.37.5
• mask = 255.255.255.0
• interface = en0
• nameserver = 207.86.37.2
• domain = getthru.com
• gateway = 207.86.37.2
• cable type = tp
• start now = yes

For reference, the above settings produce the following command for AIX -

/usr/sbin/mktcpip -h'aix' -a'207.86.375' -m'255.255.255.0' -i'en0' -n'207.86.37.2' -d'getthru.com' -g'207.86.37.2' -t'tp' -s'' 

Done

Cancel, Cancel, go to next step

step (skip adding hosts entries)

skip nfs , go to next step

go to next step

go to next step to add a disk to the rootvg

the add/show disks icon

2.1 Gb drive is all used for the rootvg

go to next task

click the add/show paging space

Accept the default to increase from 32 to 96Mb paging area (executes : /usr/lib/assist/set_pgspace '96')

Go to next task , go to next step, skip add users

skip printers, skip import vg, skip custom filesystems.

skip license, skip install bundles, skip backup

Exit to AIX (to repeat at any time, in Application Manger, choose SysAdmin, Installassistant, or at command line, type : install_assist)

After initial installation, it was time to log on, and perform some fine tuning, alterations, customizations, and install additional software. Here is how that goes .....

Increased /usr filesystem to 983040 which is about 500 Mb. (chfs -a size '491520' /usr)

new volume group (after listing physical volume info with :' lspv hdisk0' and 'lspv hdisk1') by :

• volume group name - aix_vg
• physical partition size = 4mb
• Physical Volume Name = hdisk0
• Activate Automatically = yes
• Major Number = "blank"

use "lsvg" to show all vg's which should be "rootvg" and "aix_vg" now.

Add a new jfs to the hdisk0 as /usr/local, of size 500 Mb, on vg aix_vg :

• Volume Group Name = aix_vg
• size of filesystem in 512 byte blocks = 1024
• mount point (which I already created previously) = /usr/local
• mount automatically = yes
• permissions = r/w
• options = none
• accounting = none
• fragement size = 1024
• bytes per inode = 2048
• compression = no

Then what happens, is this MONSTER command is executed and the following follows :

crfs -v'jfs' -g'aix_vg' -a size='1024' -m'/usr/local' -A'yes' -p'rw' -a frag='512' -t'no' -a nbpi='512'
mount -v'jfs' /dev/lv00 /usr/local
chfs -a size='983040' /usr/local

Create id next : mkuser id='pluzzi' admin='true' pgrp='system' groups='staff,sys,adm,security' admgroups='staff,sys,adm,security' home='/home/pluzzi' Paul A. Luzzi

Thats it for the base install, as given by IBM. Next we need to add the components to make the system usable. No c-compiler is distributed with the server.

Travel back to : ftp://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/pub/ for the gzip package first:

Travel over to : ftp://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/pub/gcc/Risc/4.1/exec for the gcc package.

To install : uncompress gcc ; cd / ; tar -xvf /usr/local/install/gcc/*tar ; cd - ; gzip -9 *tar

Travel over to : ftp://ftp.kernel.org/mirrors/gnu for the gnumake utility

Travel back to : ftp://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/pub/ for the remaining software :

• gzip
• apache - install with : ./configure -- prefiex=/usr/local/apache ; make ; make install
• qpopper

Other freeware software to get from vendor sites or other, would be :

• samba
• apache
• BigBrother
• Qpopper

Implement application startups via /etc/inittab