On Thursday, 05/27/2004 at 09:57ZE10, Vic Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan, Steve is only partially correct with this. Yes, you can use the > "Load from CD-ROM or Server" function on the HMC to start the installation > system in the LPAR. Once started in this way, just the same as if a tape > IPL had been performed, that installation system has to find it's way to > the rest of the files on the CD -- which means network or local disc, > since the HMC's CD/DVD drive is not an LPAR-addressable device. > > "Start the installation process", yes. "Install", well, no. Sorry to be > a pedant... ;) Au contraire! There is an FTP server in the HMC. Console Actions -> TCP/IP Configuration Security Tab - Add a userid to be used for FTP access to the CD-ROM drive Security Tab - FTP Configure - specify read access to the CD-ROM drive G: Don't forget to enable FTP to pass through the firewall protecting the CEC management network! (You *do* protect the management LAN segment, don't you?) Alan Altmark Sr. Software Engineer IBM z/VM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
