Mark, On Saturday, I had a reply almost done, including my IOCDS definitions etc. from my home computer. Then the (*&^% locked up. It gave me a chance to save it, but that didn't work either. Today I'm sick at home. Tomorrow I'll give you more detail on everything. I should be in tomorrow.
Eric >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/28/03 05:33PM >>> Eric, Sorry for the late reply to this. I'm more than a little behind. The messages you're getting are indicating that either the CTC driver didn't load, or the parameters passed to it are such that it isn't finding the devices you believe it should be finding. At times like this, I always tell people to try issuing the necessary commands manually, since the installation scripts usually hide any error messages that might be getting issued by the driver. Hopefully, the initrd for your distribution also includes the "dmesg" command, since that is frequently very helpful as well. Once you've gone through the IPL and failed to get a working connection, see what these commands generate: - lsmod (to see if ctc is loaded. It probably will not be loaded. If it is, your system may also load "fsm" as well.) - cat /etc/chandev.conf (to see what the installer put in there.) - modprobe ctc You should see something similar to this: CTC driver Version: 1.51.2.1 with CHANDEV support initialized ctc0: read: ch 0d00 (irq 0007), write: ch 0d01 (irq 0008) proto: 3 Or, you may get an error message that will tell you something. - dmesg (to see if there are any other error messages in there.) Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Eric Bielefeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CTC Connection Question I've been trying to get my network connected to my LINUX Lpar through a CTC connection. I think I have everything defined correctly. I did the IOCDS change last week, and put a couple of definitions in my MVS TCPIP Profile. I hooked up an Escon cable between 2 chpids. When I IPL Linux, I get the following error messages: ctc0: unknown interface; No such device SIOCSIFDSTADDR: No such device ctc0: unknown interface; No such device I put most of the answers to the networking questions in my PARM.LINE file. I still get one question that asks: Please enter the parameters you need to pass to the channel device layer: and then has an example. I reply: "ctc0,0D00,0D01" What is going wrong? I've tried several different combinations, and always get the 3 messages above. I can send the things I've changed if that is necessary. I'll be out in the computer room and away from my PC trying this again. I will check for replies before I go home. I have to be somewhere, so I can't stay very late. I'll be here till 4:45 Central time. Otherwise, I'll reply in the morning. Thanks in advance. Eric Bielefeld Sr. MVS Systems Programmer P&H Mining Equipment Milwaukee, WI 414-671-7849 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This electronic mail transmission contains information from P & H Mining Equipment which is confidential, and is intended only for the use of the proper addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately at the return address on this transmission, or by telephone at (414) 671-4400, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Unauthorized use, copying, disclosing, distributing, or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this transmission is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
