On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 5/23/2013 at 12:16 PM, "de Wet, Albertus H" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Trying to setup a Redhat 7.1 image on an IFL. >> Get it to boot from the HMC's CDROM. >> >> Reply to "enter the network device", as "eth0" and also tried "qeth" >> >> For the address I enter: >> qeth,0x3F00 >> >> When I reply to the eth0 / qeth (OSA Express card) I get these messages: >> *Each OSA-Express feature in QDIO mode must be associated with a port name. >> Please enter additional parameters for your QETH device >> (e.g. "add_parms,o0x10,{lo_devno,hi_devno},portname:port_name") >> >> When I reply the the message with: >> add_parms,0x3F,00,03,portname:OSA03F00 >> >> I get this message back: >> chandev_setup bad argument qeth,0x3F00 on line no 1 interpreted as >> qeth,0x3F00. >> type man chandev for more info >> >> And obviously I cannot connect to the OSA express card, even after supplying >> the rest of the IP settings. >> >> Any ideas of what I am doing wrong? > > Mainly, you're trying to install a decade-old operating system that wasn't in > very good shape to start with. Try downloading a current version of RHEL or > SLES and you're much more likely to be successful. > > The suggestion to subscribe to linux-390 by Miklos is a good idea also. > That's where most of the mainframe Linux people hang out. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
You might give zLinux on Hercules a shot too. -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
