On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 01:23:20PM -0500, Barber, Rick wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed SLES9 for S/390 (31-bit) in an LPAR > (no VM)? > > We are trying, but having the following problem. > > Install begins normally - We created an IPL tape from the > distribution CD. > IPL'ed the tape successfully - Entered our network data. > Chose the NFS install path and successfully connected to the CD > drive (on a Sun UNIX box, if it matters). > Loaded the install system OK - Chose the SSH install option and > used PuTTY to connect to the install system. > Started the YaST install program and chose US English as the > language. > YaST then "probes and detects" all DASD attached to the LPAR. > Filtered the resulting list to the drive(s) we intend to use > (3390 mod 3s on EMC Symmetrix). > Chose the "Perform Action - Activate" selection - YaST goes away > and never returns. > > The last line in y2log shows - Running Command > /sbin/dasd_configure 0.0.8d30 1 0 (8d30 is the DASD address) > > After logging on to a second session, we can see that the script > "/sbin/dasd_configure" has been started by YaST and is in turn issuing > the command "modprobe -q cpint" which is hanging.
Strange. That should of course not happen. Can you please give more information about the machine you are using? A workaround would be to edit /sbin/dasd_configure . Search for cpint and comment out the line with the modprobe. Best regards/Mit freundlichen Gr��en Ihno Krumreich "Never trust a computer you can lift." -- Ihno Krumreich [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux AG Projectmanager S390 & zSeries Maxfeldstr. 5 +49-911-74053-439 D-90409 N�rnberg http://www.suse.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
