You can perform CHPID offline/online operations from the HMC.  I don't
have one to check with, so unfortunately I can't tell you the steps.

On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 05:20, DAYANIDHI Arunagiri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> CHIP is already offline in OS390 and please tell me how should I make CHPID online 
> for linux. This is the first time I am doing tape IPL to install LINUX, and sequence 
> of the files on the tape is also like tapeipl.ikr, parmfile, initrd. Pls. help.
>
> Best Regards
> Dayanidhi A
> Ext: 6220
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Rich Smrcina
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 6:33 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: TAPE IPL failed in LINUX installation.
>
>
> Is the CHPID available in the Linux partition.  It will need to be
> varied off to the OS/390 LPAR and varied on to the Linux LPAR.
>
> Also, the sequence of the files on the tape should be tapeipl.ikr,
> parmfile, initrd.
>
> On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 04:00, DAYANIDHI Arunagiri wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > In our shop I started installing SuSe LINUX in our MULTIPRISE 3000 S390 server, as 
> > a first step I downloaded SuSe linux and related document from internet. We have 
> > done the following activities one by one and failed during tape IPL:
> >
> > 1) Created seperate LINUX IMAGE is support element.
> > 2) Other IMAGE has V2R6 os390.
> > 3) TAPE DRIVE 580 & 581 are already configured to S390.
> > 4) Configure ethernet device to LINUX partition by defining it in MPTS 
> > configuration and assigned a CU Address for that device.
> > 5) Copied three files Tapeipl.ikr, Initrd, Parmfile from CD --> to DASD (os390) 
> > --> to unlabled tape(in BLP format)
> > 6) Once we are ready with IPLable tape we started IPLing the tape using 581 the 
> > tapedrive address in support element and IPLed the LINUX IMAGE, but it failed with 
> > error message "THE LOAD ADDRESS IS NOT CONFIGURED IN THE PARTITION".
> >
> > My question is whether I have to do any other configuration changes in support 
> > element to do TAPE IPL and also I am not sure whether the tape drives should be in 
> > OFFLOAD mode in os390 partition. I tried either way it didn't worked.
> >
> > Is any faced similar problem? I am held up in the initial installation step 
> > itself, please help me.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Dayanidhi A
> > Ext: 6220
> >
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> Rich Smrcina
> Sr. Systems Engineer
> DSG eServer & Linux Solutions
> Milwaukee, WI
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>
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Milwaukee, WI
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