Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-12 Thread John Summerfield
rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Mark! I really appreciate your comments - it is nice to know us novices didn't screw things up! We had considered every other alternative in preference to creating a 'boot cart' and *then* performing the rest of the install off a DVD that was loaded into the

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-12 Thread Clovis Pereira
there's been a Boot from CD or FTP server capability in the HMC If you have few time to use HMC, or the access is restrict, you can test your media (CD/DVD) at home before use them. It is possible on a workstation using Hercules 3.06 (Windows or Linux flavor), command ipl_dvd. If the DVD boots

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-12 Thread Mark Post
On 2/12/2009 at 7:45 AM, Clovis Pereira gclo...@br.ibm.com wrote: there's been a Boot from CD or FTP server capability in the HMC If you have few time to use HMC, or the access is restrict, you can test your media (CD/DVD) at home before use them. With SLES10, you can actually insert the

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-12 Thread Clovis Pereira
Very good. I didn't know this. Going to experiment... I hope other distros can work this way, to facilitate our life. I'm trying to install one Debian ETCH for a month, on my free time, without success. For my own knowledge, so, without any support, yet... With SLES I didn't have any problem...

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-11 Thread rapp0...@googlemail.com
Hi Mark! I really appreciate your comments - it is nice to know us novices didn't screw things up! We had considered every other alternative in preference to creating a 'boot cart' and *then* performing the rest of the install off a DVD that was loaded into the HMC's DVD drive, but we always

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-11 Thread Mark Post
On 2/11/2009 at 4:05 PM, rapp0...@googlemail.com rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: -snip- You mention creating two DVD's, and IPLing from the DVD reader within the HMC - do you mean IPL'ing from the DVD directly? I do not think that that is possible, because we need to specify an MVS device

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-11 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 02/11/2009 at 04:06 EST, rapp0...@googlemail.com rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: You mention creating two DVD's, and IPLing from the DVD reader within the HMC - do you mean IPL'ing from the DVD directly? I do not think that that is possible, because we need to specify an MVS

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-10 Thread John Summerfield
bruce woodley wrote: I am a newbie to Linux on z, but I have been given the go-ahead to install a linux on z system subject to the constraints: I thought you were making fine music! 1) I keep it quiet to avoid offending our Solaris admins 2) do not invite fee-charging external consultants 3)

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-10 Thread Brad Hinson
rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Jax! That was quick - I was anticipating a turn-around time of 24 hours or so! I believe that we did find this rpm directory on the DVD, (along with many others), but we were not able to rpm -V it because we do not have any linux (of any distro on any platform)

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-10 Thread Mark Post
On 2/10/2009 at 1:10 AM, bruce woodley rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: -snip- (The Suse SLES10 SP1/SP2 install failed because of mismatch between the TAPEIPL modules and the memory resident INITRD file system. I guess no one at Suse/Novell thought anyone would install via a TAPEIPL in an

RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-09 Thread bruce woodley
I am a newbie to Linux on z, but I have been given the go-ahead to install a linux on z system subject to the constraints: 1) I keep it quiet to avoid offending our Solaris admins 2) do not invite fee-charging external consultants 3) not not install z/VM 4) do not compromise the integrity of

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-09 Thread Jack Woehr
bruce woodley wrote: Package Installation Error The file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt package, or a missing header Please verify your installation source.. etc. REBOOT RETRY One think you could check is

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-09 Thread rapp0...@googlemail.com
Hi Jax! That was quick - I was anticipating a turn-around time of 24 hours or so! I believe that we did find this rpm directory on the DVD, (along with many others), but we were not able to rpm -V it because we do not have any linux (of any distro on any platform) at work. However, I have been

Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package

2009-02-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 02/10/2009 at 01:10 EST, bruce woodley rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: I have also been meticulous in checking the accurary of the DVD image when I downloaded it (to a Windows Vista PC) MD5 Verification:Run md5sum *.iso I used Windows-Vista Roxio CD/DVD burner to burn the ISO