Stefan, Mark Thanks for the replies.
> Could you set up an HTTP or FTP server on your NFS server if this > problem can't be fixed? You don't even have to do this as root, an HTTP > server on any TCP port will do. I used a Linux PC that had no CD drive but had a HTTP server. I nfs mounted the CDROM on newton to a point named "debian" in the DocumentRoot of the HTTP server. I used the "network method" to do the base installation after the kernel and drivers installation, specifying the "HTTP server name/debian" as the URL. This worked fine. > This might be a problem with the NFS version. Could you open a shell > from dbootstrap and try to manually mount the NFS filesystem using > > mount newton:/cdrom/cdrom0/dists/woody/main/disks-s390/current \ > /instmnt -o nolock,nfsvers=2 During the installation process and at the point where you select "install the kernel and driver modules" I manually nfs mounted the CDROM using the parameters above. This worked fine! I then chose "install from a local file system" and selected my nfs mount that appeared in the menu. This worked fine too and a kernel was found (no need to specify the full path to its location on the CD) and installed. Thanks for the help, Stefan. I now have one minor problem. I am using an OSA-2 adaptor as eth0 on my built system and it is not recognized at boot time. I need to manually do "insmod lcs" then wait for a few seconds before issuing "ifconfig eth0..." and "route add default gw." Just a minor inconvenience at the moment. Geoff McKee Emirates Airline Dubai UAE
