Do we have any idea when this is going to be available? It is still
listed
as a redpiece.
This year, the editors promised me. It was ready to go Nov 1, and I
could
gripe about why it was held up, but that's just IBM's dirty laundry.
Though
it hasn't been updated on the Web since Oct 26th,
Hi list,
The redbook Linux for S/390 and zSeries: ISP/ASP Solutions,
SG24-6299 was published today. It is on the Web at:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246299.html
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
So, read the docus;-) Try www.samba.org if you don't have them locally.
And don't forget, the book Using Samba was donated
to the open source community by O'Reilly**
See http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/toc.html
Also, with later Samba releases, the whole book is
available through swat.
Hello list,
Carlos Ordonez and I volunteered to host the following
Birds of a feather (BOF) - well buried on the LinuxWorld Web site:
Linux on the Mainframe
Thursday, January 31, 2002 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: ???, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
The mainframe (S/390
Hi,
You might be interested that there are two Linux on zSeries
redbook residencies planned in Poughkeepsie, NY:
Linux on zSeries and S/390: Systems Management,
15 April - 17 May. See:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/residents.nsf/IntNumber/LS-K302?OpenDocument
Linux on zSeries and S/390:
Which is a better driver for a swap VDISK, the minidisk or dasd driver?
See:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/linuxper.html
There is a section Where should Linux swap?
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
Hi,
I've been working with some of these issues both on Linux
and from Windows via Samba. This thread helped motivate
me to tie up a few loose ends and write it up:
In our little production Samba server, we leave the default
group of users, but add team members to another group.
This script
Hi list,
Has anyone used imprints successfully on Linux on zSeries
(imprints.sourceforge.net)? It sounds like a great concept of being able to
download signed Windows printer drivers to a Samba machine for simple
printer adds, but I'm not sure how mainstream/solid this project is.
Thanks.
Hi list,
I got the reply from the ITSO; the book is not going to be renumbered to
-01
as the changes do not meet the criteria:
For all - normal practice that is documented is that if 10%+
changes it is a
new version #. Otherwise not so. Remember that our site shows a last
revised
Can I ask you to state publically and explicitly: what were the reasons
given for the removal, by those who supported this action? We can surmise
what they might be, but it would be interesting to hear...
No. I don't recall details, and I've stuck my neck out as far as I care.
Let's move on
How can I build software RAID-O?
# cd /dev
# mknod md0 b 9 0
...
# cat /etc/raidtab
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 0
nr-raid-disks 4
persistent-superblock 1
chunk-size 128
device /dev/dasdf1
I am new to Linux (and UNIX) but need to do a proof-of-concept for using
Linux on S390 for file and print serving. I was planning to use Red Hat
7.2
Be warned - using the GA code, the kernel will oops when you first write
to a Samba share. You will want to apply the updates (However, if you
can someone tell me what
it means to not be able to insmod the qdio/qeth driver?
As I understand it ...
There are a number of ways to do networking on Linux on zSeries.
Ususally the driver is a Linux module. Linux modules are often
added to the Linux kernel via the insmod command. In order
Ken,
You can insmod the IBM drivers with the new kernel.
We're doing it, and it works fine.
You have to use the '-f' option though, but only because SuSE
I was talking Red Hat, not SuSE.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM
it creates a problem and Linux has to be rebooted.
Known problem - you can:
(a) Pay for support and SuSE will supply you with the latest fixes, or,
(b) Patch the kernel with IBM developerWorks patches 3 and 4:
For (b) I wrote it up redbook-style (which has become a bad habit :))
Go to:
I'm currently running multiple test images of SuSE 7.0 under VIF, using
the Distributions redbook (section 16.6.8) cloning process, and it
works great.
Glad to hear it.
What files would need to be changed to do the same process
under RedHat 7.2?
I got this list from a script that someone
How can I tell what patches are already on if any?
Hmm - good question - write it down somewhere and don't lose that paper :))
(that is only slightly sarcastic)
A few more hints:
1) The command uname -a or more specifically uname -v tells you
when the kernel was last rebuilt:
# uname -v
#1
Hi,
I'm trying to patch the vanilla 2.4.17 kernel with the
ACL patches from bestbits. I won't go through the gory details,
but twice I've patched, rebuilt, run zipl - but on reboot I get:
---
Parallelizing fsck version 1.19a (13-Jul-2000)
fsck.ext2: No such file
Sorry - forgot a subject
I'm trying to patch the vanilla 2.4.17 kernel with the
ACL patches from bestbits. I won't go through the gory details,
but twice I've patched, rebuilt, run zipl - but on reboot I get:
---
Parallelizing fsck version 1.19a (13-Jul-2000)
Have a look at the DEVFS options in your kernel config, and see if
you have enabled DEVFS plus mount on init without properly installing
the devfsd for it.
On the nose!
Turning off File Systems --- [ ] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)
in make menuconfig did it - thanks Rob.
We have tested using also the pam winbind
Suggestion - stick with Samba 2.2.3a - winbindd has been core dumping for
me with Samba 2.2.4 - I have a bug report in.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
the OS doesn't need to know about the multiple paths
For high availability, yes. But for performance, I was *under the
impression* that Linux needs to be fooled into using the multiple
paths (haven't been able to confirm this with end-to-end performance
tests). This is done by LVM or
Hi list,
I'm trying to patch the recommended 2.4.17 kernel (vanailla 2.4.17 + 4
developerWorks patches) with the LVS patch (linux-2.4.18-ipvs-1.0.2.patch,
but the older 2.4.17 patch also fails). make image dies on:
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.17/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
Pat,
Had the same problem just after the April 30 code drop.
I re-downloaded from Developerworks on May 14, and
that problem (as well as a few others) disappeared.
I'm up and running on 2.4.17.
Thanks for the reply, however, I downloaded again and found that
I had the latest versions of the
Chris,
If you don't have the variables DNS and SEARCHDNS in your parameter
file, try putting them in. For example:
DNS=9.12.14.7
SEARCHDNS=itso.ibm.com
We saw this on another redbook project - it seems like a bug.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
FYI:
Two IBM Redpieces (Redbook in progess) have become available:
Linux on zSeries: Application Development - describes tools and
techniques
for application development on Linux for zSeries. See:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg246807.html?Open
Linux on zSeries
James,
In that case, a Samba server can be its own island. The drawback is that
you have to maintain two sets of passwords on the Samba server - one in
/etc/passwd with the UNIX hash and one in smbpasswd with the MS (triple
DES) hash. Use the smb.conf parm encrypt passwords = yes (unless you
Anyone have any ideas?
After the kernel, I build fileutils 4.1.8, then rpm --rebuild
attr-2.0.8-0.src.rpm, acl-2.0.11-0.src.rpm and
e2fsprogs-1.27ea-26.4.src.rpm. Then install the RPMs that are created.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
See:
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-954573.html?tag=cd_mh
Turbo, we hardly knew ya :(
Good luck to all those displaced.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
Hi list,
Has anyone gotten Samba's feature of automatically downloading printer
drivers working? Documentation on this feature is very thin.
With Samba 2.2.5 I've defined [print$], got all permissions right and
created WIN40/ and W32X86/ under [print$]/path and copied what I believe
are all
Josh,
Thanks, yes I had that parameter set.
I was successful in getting a Windows 2000 server to upload the drivers to
a working Linux printer - not via the Add Printer Wizard (APW), but by
adding the Samba-defined printer (via the [printers] share). I still have
to find time for testing.
Hi list,
We're seeing network problems (especiallly NFS) under heavy loads. The
configuration is G6 with OSA Express Gigabit Ethernet. Linux images are
SLES-7 with patched (.8) qdio/qeth drivers sharing the OSA. In the NFS
server's /var/log/messages we see constant:
Nov 20 15:16:30 linuxnfs
Adam,
Thanks for the reply.
do you mean via guest LANs, or do you mean each guest gets its own OSA
port?
own OSA ports.
I was in transit and offline most of yesterday and now I can't get to the
offending system from my dialup. I'll do some digging Monday and try to
post with more meaningful
Hi list,
I've helped organize a Linux on the Mainframe BOF at LinuxWorld, NYC,
Thursday Jan 30, 2003 at 5:30. Here's the abstract:
The mainframe, IBM e-server zSeries or S/390, is getting more
recognition as a viable Linux platform allowing Linux to run both under
z/VM and in LPARs. In
Montgomery,
Are you sure on the January 30th date? LinuxWorld runs January 21-24 in
NYC.
You are right - the date should be January 23rd. Thanks for the catch.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
Hi list,
I speak for myself and not for IBM.
I should be working on CUPS and Samba printing, but this thread has created
an itch I just have to scratch. I'll shed some light on the conspiracy
theory, though you won't find a smoking gun :))
I proposed the redbook Open Source Software for OS/390
Any ideas or comments before I take this to the samba list?
Do the names eventually start showing up again? Just a thought - did you
try turning off the name switch caching daemon (rcnscd stop)?
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
So you can add the devices dynamically, but how do you then make them go
away,
set device range=range off echo'd to /proc/dasd/devices
There's a real handy script, dasd, described in the Large Scale Deployment
redbook:
#!/bin/sh
# dasd - simple utility for dynamic DASD management
if [ $1 = add
Ralph,
Is the swat line uncommented in /etc/inetd.conf? By default, it is often in
the file but commented out. If so, uncomment that line and run
/etc/init.d/inetd restart, then try again from a browser.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
Noll, Ralph [EMAIL
Ralph,
nope did not compile samba.. it came with install
tried root and roots password.. still a no go
By chance did you make a mistake the first time? I've found that once you
mistype the password, you won't be prompted for it again until you bring
down all copies of your browser and start a
Well, that's SuSE. The distro that used to have the following
/sbin/chkconfig :
#!/bin/sh
# don't complain
exit 0
I'm pretty sure that's not in the LSB :))
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
Hi list,
Is anyone using an encrypted file system on Linux (the data is
encrypted/decrypted betwee the disk and the OS)? Is there a de facto
standard or is this still somewhat bleeding edge with Linux? How does it
compare with MS EFS? ADthanksVANCE.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL
Ken Hall wrote:
Samba on SuSE 8.0 is 2.2.5, which is better than 2.2.0a, but 2.2.8 builds
and runs very nicely.
But if you build vanilla 2.2.8, you lose the many patches that SuSE has
applied to 2.2.5. I noticed a file named something like printing.diff had
over 9000 lines of changes. I didn't
Hi list,
Did this issue ever get resolved:
I've experimented with vol group sizes from 1.4TB to 800GB. With the
less-than-1TB size, I experimented with vol group PE sizes from 8M to
16M to 32M.
The vol group is 633600MB
PE size of 8M, I can only stripe logical vols under 100GB in size.
I can never remember either, that's why I like the script, dasd, that's in
the Large Scale Deployment redbook:
#!/bin/sh
# dasd - simple utility for dynamic DASD management
if [ $1 = add -a $2 != ]; then
echo add range=$2 /proc/dasd/devices
elif [ $1 = on -a $2 != ]; then
I never got an answer to two issues regarding large logical volumes:
Did this issue ever get resolved:
I've experimented with vol group sizes from 1.4TB to 800GB. With the
less-than-1TB size, I experimented with vol group PE sizes from 8M to
16M to 32M.
The vol group is 633600MB
PE
This was on the samba general list this morning and is probably worth
reposting:
--
Some time ago one of my customer's computers was compromised by outside
attackers, and though we were able to clean it up I never learned how.
A few weeks back, my own office machine was
Lionel,
The best writeup on the Web I know of is at
http://freebooks.by.ru/view/SambaIn24h/ch12.htm
The fact that the PDC will remain on Windows means the users and groups
will remain on Windows. So you will need to use winbind to authenticate.
The trick is in migrating the data and the issue
Hi list,
I saw this on the Samba general list server:
So it sounds like Samba will work with Windows 2003 if an extra step is
taken:
I am wondering if winbind works with win 2003. I can
get winbind working just fine
We are considering doing a write up how to use PAV under z/VM using LVM
(requires SLES 8). Under LPAR we currently don't have the necessary Linux
support in place.
Would be good to hear from you how important you consider it.
My two cents:
What would be good to know is the best way to
Hi list,
I often hear the suggestion to turn off unneeded services. SuSE SLES-8
seems to have a lot of services off, but there are probably more that are
not needed. However, I'm wary of turning off any that are critical to
Linux. Will any of the following be a problem with the base functioning
Hi list,
In the Domino on zSeries release notes I see:
First, by default, the linux kernel limits the number of file
descriptors that
any one process can open; the default is 1024. This default must be
overridden by modifying the file /etc/security/limits.conf
Edit
Good article:
http://news.com.com/2008-1082-5065859.html
I like the answer:
Q: Any thoughts on SCO's claims on Linux?
A: I don't know the merits of the lawsuit, but I run their Unix and I'm
taking it off that system. I just don't like the way it's being handled. I
feel like I'm being threatened
Hi list,
I was just grepping through /etc (RHEL-3) for some reason I've already
forgotten when I stumbled onto some humorous comments. Enjoy:
# COPYRIGHTS AND OTHER DELUSIONS
#
# The BSD ancestor of this file had a standard Regents of the University of
# California copyright with dates from 1980
Operation not permitted
Only root can chown.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
Hi list,
Has anyone worked with password aging (/etc/shadow and LDAP shadowAccount)?
I have tried many permutations on /etc/pam.d/login and sshd, and
/etc/nsswitch.conf. When I come in to a SLES-8+SP2 Linux via telnet and ssh
with a local user and LDAP user who both have expired passwords, I have
Hi list,
The subject redpiece is on:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg247021.html?Open
Abstract:
We wrote this redbook to help the reader plan for, install, and configure
the new IBM Lotus Domino 6.5 product on a zSeries platform running Linux
under z/VM. Our
Neale,
Thanks - I let the ITSO know.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
Thanks Jim!
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
Thanks Ken! - that worked
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
same for SLES8?
chkconfig nmb on
chkconfig smb on
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
Hi list,
I got Samba3 to build with the small code change that Ken Hall pointed out
(warning: have at least 1.5GB free space - make clean will free most of
it up after the build). I got basic SMB shares working with the smbpasswd
file (warning: it seems the valid users = %S in the homes section
Hi list,
As is considered good practice, I've been trying to use VDISK swap with the
DASD diagnose driver when possible. I was surprised to see the following
message when IPLing RHEL3
WARNING: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon) requires at
least 256MB
RAM to run as a
If you have a mixture of text and binary files, I don't
know what would happen to the binary files.
A long time ago I wrote a script to run on USS and unpax based on file
extension.
It's kludgy I know, but it seemed to work:
# cat /usr/local/bin/ext
function usage
{
echo Usage:
Daniel,
Do you need a certain function in the absolute latest? Can you stick with
the version that builds?
Here's a thread one of the LTC guys dug up for me:
Message: 13
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 18:19:20 +0200
From: Alexander Bokovoy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Compile error of 3.0.1rc1 in
The mkinitrd makes the /etc/modules.conf change
permanent in the /boot/initrd... module.
Then running zipl will make it permanent in the boot sector of the IPL
disk.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
Hmm, this one somehow slipped my notice.
Did you get the one where Samba-3 source will not build due to a missing
lockout around the statfs structure in usr/include/asm-s390/statfs.h?
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
Hi list,
An issue came up with file systems that have a lot of small files. This
question might be helpful given the current more generic thread on file
systems.
I did a small test to create 5 20 byte files. An ext3 file system
with the default 4096 block size is quite inefficient. while
Wondering if anyone knows where I might be able to get good
documentation
for implementing Kerberos for authentication in Linux? Also, any known
tools out there to simply the management of users, like
directory_administrator for ldap?
I haven't written up LDAP with Kerberos - it is on my
I was under the impression that all the distros included the needed
modules.conf entries. I.e. The entry has to be there, but you don't
have
to put it there.
I believe this is true only if you add a device of that type during
installation.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845)
Mike,
What Linux distribution are you running? What is the output of uname -a
and rpm -qa | grep cups?
If you are still stuck after Daniel's suggestion, try the following simple
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf and let us know what happens:
DocumentRoot /usr/share/cups/doc/
LogLevel info
Port 631
Location
Nick,
Does anyone have a pointer for something like The Idiots' Guide to
Dynamically Adding Disk Space for Linux on S/390?
We addressed it in the Domino Redbook - SG24-7021.
Did you add the device by echoing to /proc/dasd/devices? I can never
remember the syntax so I drag around the dasd
I've never seen accepted as a state. IBM guys: Any ideas?
I found one hit in the May 2003 archive. Is it possible the DASD is
read-only?
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
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Hi list,
I'm not a performace person, but I wrote a simplistic script to test file
system performance. This started with the original query of why are ext3
file systems so inefficient when populated with many small files. It
tests ext3 file systems with 1K and 4K block sizes, reiser and JFS. It
How about sshd for USS, IBM?
It's not supported, but see
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1ty1.html#openssh
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
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Ken,
Does this mean OpenSSL and OpenSSH will build under USS? I had mixed
results
trying to build Open Source products there, it's not exactly a
high-profile platform.
I haven't done much with USS in a long time, so I can't promise it will
build. However, on the Web site I referenced, there
I'd recommend making an iso image of it, mounting the ISO image loopback
and exporting it via NFS.
Plug the CD in a Linux PC and the command dd if=/dev/cd
of=db2-whatever-version.iso should work. Move that ISO file to a zLinux
or leave it on the PC and then mkdir /db2, mount -o loop,ro
Or just make putty use SSH V2.
My version defaulted to V1, you can change it in the connection - SSH
panel
Choose 2 on the Preferred SSH protocol version line.
Jay Brenneman
Bingo! I was having the same problem from Putty with a new Intel
SLES9-beta system and that fixed the problem.
Mark,
I would say put the .../present/ directory on the front page. I'd
recommend sorting the presentations/papers in reverse chronological order
and perhaps adding a date to each entry (perhaps a small script/app to gen
the Web page is worth looking into). Keeping the presentations up to date
Just downloaded Samba 3.0.4 to upgrade from Version 2.2.5-SuSE.
I am following the normal install procedure. It seems that there are
some
patches for SuSE. But there is a caveat that goes with that.
...
I would like to know how the list members approached the upgrade. Also
please advise me
When you create a vdisk for swap, it does NOT use any storage.
Really.
Can you measure this? If you can't ... :))
I was under the impression that creating the VDISKs does take some memory
for the data structures, though I'm not sure how much.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845)
James,
With help from Don Robbins and others I wrote up using VDISK swap with the
SWAPGEN EXEC in the Domino on zLinux (tm) redbook:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247021.html?Open
Section 6.6.2 I believe.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845)
Tom,
Forms overlay is not described, but for basic setup of CUPS (sounds like
you won't need Samba) on SLES-8 see the redpaper Printing with Linux on
zSeries Using CUPS and Samba on the Web at:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpaperAbstracts/redp3864.html?Open
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM
Hi,
Has anyone gotten the zfcp module to work with the SLES-9 beta? We can
insmod the zfcp module with no parameters (not too useful), but with the
same command that works on SLES-8:
# insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp.ko
map=0x400 0x02:0x20040060451609A4
which tells me somewhere in my configuration it is trying to lookup
information in a file on linux somewhere.
What does id test and id kge8889 return?
Just a hunch - is nscd running? Try rcnscd stop then try again.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
Neale,
Thanks, that helped. We created the following file which loads the disks:
# cat /etc/sysconfig/hardware/hwcfg-zfcp-bus-ccw-0.0.0400
#!/bin/sh
#
# hwcfg-zfcp-bus-ccw-0.0.0400
#
# Configuration for the zfcp adapter at CCW ID 0.0.0400
#
STARTMODE=auto
MODULE=zfcp
MODULE_OPTIONS=
Dennis Wunder, Carlos Ordonez, and Michael MacIsaac have contributed a
paper
on z/VM VSWITCH with failover. According to the abstract, An
overview of
z/VM's virtual switch is described, then a secenario [sic]
Well that's embarrassing :((
I fixed that typo and another mispelled [sic] word
I do recall there was a bug in the dasd driver that
called the discipline handlers in the wrong order.
We did this with SuSE during the Domino residency last year and I thought
we did this with Red Hat too, but don't see it documented in the redbook
(SG24-7021). It is documented for SuSE on p
Hello List,
I've been grappling with SLES-9 and have already installed it a bunch of
times. I thought it would be helpful to share some of my findings. For
the most part, I feel the SLES-9 install is an improvement over SLES-8:
Pros:
(1) Parallel dasdfmt and fdasd of disks - no separate ssh
James,
Did you install this on a 'bare' system or use it to upgrade a SLES-8
system in place?
On a 'bare' system (New installation), under z/VM of course.
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
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Ranga,
The Redbooks are a great place to start, just make sure you are
using the most recent.
I'll put in a shameless plug for some stuff I've worked on. The Domino
redbook has some (hopefully useful and relatively recent) infrastructure
documentation in chapters 3-6:
Keith,
Is the \n or a newline getting written to order and instorder files? If
it's the former, that may be the problem. I just split it into two
echos.
I also battled with this and ended up writing a script (that also copies
the CDs' contents) to be sure of the steps. It would be nice if SuSE
James,
Module Size Used byTainted: P
qeth 153756 2
qdio 33652 2 [qeth]
ipv6 246300 -1 [qeth]
lvm-mod69676 0 (autoclean)
dasd_eckd_mod 56548 4
dasd_mod 47680 5
which is then written to the bootmap file
Is there any way to extract/dump the parameters in /boot/zipl/bootmap?
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
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Yes, there is, but the question is: why would you want to?
Because I forgot about:
cat /proc/cmdline
Yes, this would be better. Thanks.
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Doug,
After using these scripts my installation continues to hang on 'creating
initrd' at 62%. Did I do something wrong?
Hmm, if you got past the copying of the RPMs from the install tree to your
new system, then I would guess the problem with creating the RAMdisk is
not related to the
Doug,
Using option 2 OSA Ethernet
What type of OSA card is it (OSA express Fast Ethernet)? Is the OSA
defined as type OSD or type OSE? If it is type OSD which is more common
for recent OSA cards, did you try using option 3?
Actually the question may be moot, because you probably cannot use the
Ranga,
It appears that z/VM 5.1 can be made available on CD's although we got
it
on tapes
Well, DVDs actually, but I would recommend to use the tapes - they're
faster and seem to be more reliable. I installed from 3590 tape about a
month ago without a hitch - it only took a few hours. Now
Ranga,
Again we're still looking into this issue
I guess this is a known issue. I understand that both the Quick Install
sheet and the longer Install Guide have been updated to work around the
bug that is on the DVD media.
Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
Hi list,
Has anyone determined the true minimal install on SLES (8/9)? If you
choose minimal install, it seems a lot of the RPMs that get installed
are still unnecesary for zSeries. It would be nice know what RPMs can be
deleted. Thanks.
Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
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