On Sep 11, 3:30 pm, GaryR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 11, 11:30 am, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 11, 2007, at 10:08 AM, GaryR wrote: > > > > Yup. Binary Fixed 80. Probably what worked for you in the past was a > > > version other than Etch. I downloaded Sarge and it boots just fine. > > > Sarge would work fine for what I am doing. From what I see, there are > > > no iso's for it but only Jigdo files. I tried loading Jigdo but it > > > was painfully slow. > > > Nope. We distribute Etch with the installer. > > > But I think you are right about the lack of ISO: I seem to remember > > that I assembled my repository using debian-mirror rather than from > > an ISO image this time around. > > > So, anyway: try grabbing the three IPL files (plus DEBIAN EXEC) from: > > >http://ftp.egr.msu.edu/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-s390/current/ > > images/generic/ > > > and see how that works for you > > > If those fail, then something is very bizarrely wrong. > > > Adam > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Well, something IS bizarrely wrong. I get the same error. Is there > something wrong with the disk I have allocated for root? It is a > minidisk of 1000 cylinders on a real 3390 Mod 3. I CMS formatted it, > and did a "RESERVE LNX200 MDISK B" on it. Something else I need to > put into parmfile? > > Even booting the CentOS, I get the "checking if image is > initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip magic numbers)" message, but it doesn't > seem to mind and marches forward and boots all the way in. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
I am calling off the dogs on this problem. Unfortunately, I was unable to get Debian booted. But thankfully, I managed to get CentOS 4.5 running in a short amount of time. Very smooth install. Thanks Adam for your help. Hopefully someone will get the s390 Debian installer worked on :) Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
