Here is what I do Robert: I took a old laptop and loaded suse i386 on it, then copied as many of the CD's to it, under a dir called "install" then hooked it up on the INTRANET so I can access it from my new installing system.... Boot from CD1, then do the install from the laptop as a ftp server... works very well........
Ken Dreger At 07:34 AM 7/31/2002 -0500, Nix, Robert P. wrote: >What happened to me was that I had CD 1 mounted and started the install. >Most of the packages were transferred, but I think there were three that >it said weren't installed when it was done. I switched to CD 3, where they >were, and then installed the three packages. I then continued the >installation, but got error messages that the kernel image (if I remember >correctly) could not be found, and couldn't be copied to the new machine. >This image was on CD 1, which now wasn't available. Plus, there didn't >seem to be a way to get back to that point so that the install could be >continued with the correct CD mounted. > >So.... Format the disk and start over, install from CD 1, install from CD >3, and then put CD 1 back in the drive before moving to the next step. >This led to a successful installation. > >If I could have had both CDs mounted to my FTP server at the same time, I >wouldn't have had a problem (well, maybe with path issues....). If the >install had mentioned that I needed CD 1 in the drive before continuing, I >wouldn't have had a problem. If the install had gotten everything from CD >1 it needed before beginning the package installation process, I wouldn't >have had a problem. (Not trying to be bitter; just looking at what >alternatives would have led to an easier install.) > >Actually, I'm fairly sure that I'd have had the same problem had I been >installing SuSE to another PC instead of the mainframe. There really isn't >anything magic about the mainframe; Linux is Linux. That's the whole >beauty of the thing. > >---- >Robert P. Nix internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 >200 1st St. SW page: 507-255-3450 >Rochester, MN 55905 >---- >"In theory, theory and practice are the same, > but in practice, theory and practice are different." > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gregg C Levine [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 6:30 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Suse-Linux 2.2.16 install from CD media kit - problem > > > > Hello from Gregg C Levine > > I'm probably missing things, as usual, but Robert can you restate your > > series of problems with managing the media kit? As all of you know I run > > Linux on Intel around here. I've used one of the free ware Windows ftp > > servers for transferring data between this guy, and the Linux box. It > > worked, after jiggling with the settings so that the ftp server saw my > > DVD drive on it. Of course, there are always problems, but there might > > be different ones for sending data from a PC upstream to an IBM > > mainframe. Then between two PCs. > > ------------------- > > Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > > "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi > > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) > > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > > > Nix, Robert P. > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:30 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Suse-Linux 2.2.16 install from CD media kit - > > problem > > > > > > I did the install using a Windows NT box as the server for the CD, and > > using > > > WarFTPd as the server software. I had no problems at all, other than > > finding out that > > > I needed to put the first CD back in before continuing the > > installation after loading > > > some stuff from the third CD. So it may not be a "Windows" problem as > > much as it > > > is an "FTP server software" problem. > > > > > > ---- > > > Robert P. Nix internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 > > > 200 1st St. SW page: 507-255-3450> > > > Rochester, MN 55905 > > > ---- > > > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, > > > but in practice, theory and practice are different." > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Sivey,Lonny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:40 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: Suse-Linux 2.2.16 install from CD media kit - > > problem > > > > > > > > Dave, > > > > > > > > Many people including myself ran into this very same problem. The > > short > > > > answer is that you need to use something other than a Windows based > > PC ftp > > > > server to serve up the SuSE CDs. > > > > > > > > Linux is using some ftp extensions that Windows doesn't have. Try > > using a > > > > Linux PC with an ftp server instead, or any of the other supported > > SuSE > > > > install methods. > > > > > > > > Lonny > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dave Coulstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:27 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Suse-Linux 2.2.16 install from CD media kit - problem > > > > > > > > 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
