Very usefull information, thx.
But need correction

#/usr/sbin/crfs -v jfs -g rootvg -a size=800 -m/cd1iso -Ano -pro -tno -a frag=4096 -a nbpi=4096 -a ag=8
# dd if=image.iso of=/dev/lv00 bs=10M
#chfs -a vfs=cdrom /cd1iso
# mount /cd1iso

If you have downloaded an ISO image you will need to burn it to DVD or CD.

With the DVD drive either attached physically to VIOS partition and then as virtual CD Drive (which is what I first assumed you meant), or directly attach the IDE (Other Storage) to the partitioin.

AFAIK (as far as I know) AIX does not support mounting of an ISO image. Neither do I know of it as a supported target storage.

In other words, I dont think it is possible to install from an ISO image without first burning it to media.

Assuming you are using an HMC you will first need to create the virtual scsi server and client adapters and specify their connection.

If the VIOS partition is already running you will need to reboot it, or you can create to VSCSI Server adapter using DLPAR and update the profile with the same information so it will be there after a reboot.

Assuming a reboot, on the VIOS partition login as padmin.

assuming this is your first virtual scsi client the command will be:

mkvdev -vdev /dev/cd0 -vadapter vhost0

Note: this is the same command you would use to create a virtual scsi disk.

To verify your result - use: lsmap -vadapter vhost0, or lsmap -all

to remove the virtual link:

rmvdev -vtd vtscsiX (where X is the value returned when you created it).