OK folks, the latest pizza on my workbench due for restoration is an IBM RS/6000 7011 model 220.
What I've learned during the process is - I'm getting old ;). In the late 1990s I was managing RS/6000s at work, hey, I was even CATE (if you bled blue, you know what I'm talking about) - and now ... I actually had to ask my favorite search engine what path smitty (the best Unix admin tool ever) needs to find software packages to install - ouch :).
I'll use the post to write down some of the rediscovered knowledge in case I need to find it again after another 20 years …
Since you won't get far without a serial console, you'll have to configure the terminal tool of your choice so that the RS/6000 is happy. Ideally, you still have an old original terminal on your desk - but …
In the case of putty, my weapon of choice, you have to take care of the emulation and also the function key assignment in order to be able to use the smitty F commands.
- Step 1 - Connection -> Serial: 9600 baud, 8-N-1, no parity, flow control: XON/XOFF
- Step 2 - Terminal -> Keyboard: Backspace key: CTRL-H, function keys: VT100+
- Step 3 - AIX will ask you for the terminal type ... select VT100 (export TERM="vt100″)
You should now be able to start the installation.