Can anyone help me with the problem described below please? I can provide
more information if required.
I am attempting to install SuSE-Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 2.2.16
under VM/ESA 2.4.0 from the 3-CD media kit for evaluation purposes and I am
following the installation procedures described in �Preparing for Installing
SuSE Linux for S/390� (Linux-1001-01) and �Installing SuSE Linux for S/390�
(Linux-1002-01) and also Simon Williams� paper �Building Linux Systems under
IBM VM� (form no. REDP0120).
The installation environment is a 128/256Mb virtual machine with the
following 3380 minidisks: 191 (92 cyl), 292 (2654 cyl), 293 (300 cyl). The
starter system boots successfully from the VM reader and the message
�Welcome to SuSE Linux S/390 7.0� confirms this. I am using OSA-Ethernet
(option 2) to access it and am able to Telnet into it and run YaST. The
startup message �Linux version 2.2.16 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 SMP Fri Nov 3 09:38:59 GMT 2000� identifies
the software release.
I have chosen to use an FTP server as the method of installing from the CDs
and get the following when checking the input parameters (apologies for the
formatting) �
FTP Settings YaST Version 1.07.1 -- (c) 1994-2000 SuSE GmbH
�
�
� FTP Server [Name|IP] :2.204.1.4
: �
� Server directory :/cd/suse
: �
� [ ] Use Proxy?
�
� Proxy [Name|IP] :(no proxy)
: �
� [X] Default FTP Port?
�
� Port [Number] :21
: �
� [ ] Anonymous FTP?
�
� Login :linux
: �
� Password :*****
: �
� Timeout [Seconds] :60
: �
�+-
Log: ---------------------------------------------------------------------+�
��Connecting to [2.204.1.4]
��
��Check server directory...
��
��/cd...
��
��550 /cd/setup/descr: folder not found
��
��File not found on server
��
��/cd/suse...
��
��Server directory is: /cd/suse
��
��Closed connection to [2.204.1.4]
��
��Settings Ok.
��
�+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--+�
F1=Help F5=Check F10=Ok Esc=Cancel
On pressing F10 Yast accesses folder /cd/suse/setup/descr several times and
displays the message �Note: found no kernel images on server!�. A panel
headed �Reading description files �� is displayed containing the messages
�Base system: unknown�, �Source media: SuSE-Linux-US-S390 7.0.0-0�, �1607
packages on installation medium...�, etc. and then the main menu appears. If
I select the �Load configurations� option here I get the message �There are
no configurations available�. I am thus unable to generate an instance which
I can write to disk and boot from.
I have checked the CDs using Windows Explorer and FTPing from VM and the
Linux starter system and as far as I can tell all looks ok � the kernel
images are there in /suse/images and descriptions in /suse/setup/descr. I
can download objects in these directories to VM or the Linux starter system
using FTP.
As a further approach I have copied the contents of CD1 to the hard drive of
the FTP server (into a directory called (Linux)and attempted the
installation from there with similar results. Also copying the
/suse/setup/descr directory to the linux directory removes the �folder not
found� message when checking the ftp-server settings but does not cure the
problem.
Thanks,
Dave Coulstock
Systems Programmer
Danzas Information Technology
Tele: +44 (0)1784 871 398
Fax: +44 (0)1784 871 244
