Maciek,
> When I used the original ".ins" file from the Debian CD and changed the
> filenames according to it, the installation went smoothly until the
> first IPL. After the IPL I get a message from modprobe:
> "can't locate module eth0". I am using OSA-2.
>
> Is it so because I didn't load the oco.bin file ?
No, I don't think so. Since you are using a OSA-2 card this one should
be lcs-based, not QDIO-based? Since lcs is open source you shouldn't need
the OCO-modules.
> I tried to find it on the net but it was nowhere to be found.
> My distribution doesn't have it either...
Debian doesn't distribute the OCO-ramdisk due to legal concerns. You can
find a script for building the OCO-ramdisk on
http://people.debian.org/~sgybas/deb390/scripts/
But anyway, you shouldn't need it.
> I installed the base system over the network (through FTP) without any
> problems. My parmfile doesn't contain any network parameters since I
> wanted to enter them manually. Why did it work for the base
> installation and why did it not work after the IPL ?
Have a look at the end of /etc/modules.conf on your installed system. You
should see something like
alias tr0 lcs
#alias eth0 lcs
alias eth0 qeth
alias ctc0 ctc
alias escon0 ctc
alias iucv0 netiucv
Try changing this to
alias tr0 lcs
alias eth0 lcs
#alias eth0 qeth
alias ctc0 ctc
alias escon0 ctc
alias iucv0 netiucv
(removing the # from the second line and putting it in front of the
third line). Now the lcs-driver will be used for your ethernet card
instead of the OCO qeth-driver (which probably is not installed on
your system). This hopefully will fix your problem.
Jochen Rvhrig - Debian S/390 Port ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
