I just got a new pseries model 520 and get the following error message
whenever I try to any command concerning devices (rmdev, chdev, etc.).

0514-508 Cannot save the base customized information on /dev/ipldevice

Any ideas on what could be causing it? Diag says everything is okay
and there's nothing in the errrpt.

Thanks,

Eric

macrun95 wrote:
> I just got a new pseries model 520 and get the following error message
> whenever I try to any command concerning devices (rmdev, chdev, etc.).
>
> 0514-508 Cannot save the base customized information on /dev/ipldevice
>
> Any ideas on what could be causing it? Diag says everything is okay
> and there's nothing in the errrpt.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
Wild shot in the dark here. Look for full filesystems, particularly
/usr or /.

I seem to recall pretty strange errors when an ODM repository can't be
updated.

Sorry, just a vague recollection.

Good luck.

macrun95 wrote:
> I just got a new pseries model 520 and get the following error message
> whenever I try to any command concerning devices (rmdev, chdev, etc.).
>
> 0514-508 Cannot save the base customized information on /dev/ipldevice
>
> Any ideas on what could be causing it? Diag says everything is okay
> and there's nothing in the errrpt.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
cd /dev
rm -f ipldevice
ln hdisk0 ipldevice

(if you booted from hdisk0)

Holger van Koll wrote:
> macrun95 wrote:
>
>> I just got a new pseries model 520 and get the following error message
>> whenever I try to any command concerning devices (rmdev, chdev, etc.).
>>
>> 0514-508 Cannot save the base customized information on /dev/ipldevice
>>
>> Any ideas on what could be causing it? Diag says everything is okay
>> and there's nothing in the errrpt.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eric
>>
> cd /dev
> rm -f ipldevice
> ln hdisk0 ipldevice
>
> (if you booted from hdisk0)

That strikes me as a very bad idea as ipldevice seems to be a raw device
and hdisk is cooked.

Perhaps you want to double check that ipldevice is in fact the same
device number as the expected device (rhdisk0 and hdisk0?)?