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
>
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You might give zLinux on Hercules a shot too.

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Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
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