No, I'm using an ftp server on a Debian instance that I've got. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Stewart Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Suse 9.0 installation
Are you perhaps using a Windows FTP server? I've seen that when I've tried to use a Windows server. I don't know the details of what or why, but I know you need a Linux or other *ix server... Just my two cents worth... Lee At 09:47 AM 1/11/2005, you wrote: >Ok, well I guess I've got a problem then. Once I've booted the system >from the reader I go to VNC web and use YaST. I make it through all of >the dasd allocations and formatting and YaST successfully installs >sles9/CD1 and begins to install core9/CD1. It normally gets through >about 20% of that CD when I get the following error > >Err: 11264: ERROR(Media:error) > >And it says something like "xxxxxx not found on media" where xxxxxx >equals a different RPM almost every time. It might be "xfsprogs" one >time and then "busybox" the next time etc. Sometimes it finds an RPM and >sometimes it doesn't but it always fails. I've done MD5SUM for each of >the CD's and they all check out fine. The only difference that I see is >that I've copied the isos to a Debian instance. I still mount them using >mkinstallroot script written by -Mike MacIsaac, IBM. I'll also say that >I'm using the s390x RPM's for 64 bit z/VM. I'm at a loss... Tried >everything that I can think of. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Marcy Cortes >Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 3:38 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Suse 9.0 installation > > >Yes, we've successfully installed SLES9 on z/VM 5.1. Mounted the .iso >files on a SLES8 FTP server in the manner outlined in the release notes. > > > >Marcy Cortes > > >This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If >you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the >addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on >this message or any information herein. If you have received this >message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail >and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Wiggins, Mark >Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 12:27 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Suse 9.0 installation > >So, have you successfully installed SLES9 on z/VM 5.1??? Actually, has >anyone successfully installed SLES8 or SLES9 on z/VM 5.1? The reason >that I ask is I can install SLES8 on our z/VM 3.1 system and then move >it over to our 5.1 system and boot it up but I've yet to successfully >install a new instance (SLES8 or SLES9) on our 5.1 system. It just looks >like Dave is having the same problem as I did and I used a script that >is almost identical to the mkinstallroot script mentioned here and it >didn't work either. I was really starting to think that it was a 5.1 >problem... > >Mark Wiggins >University of Connecticut >Operating Systems Programmer >860-486-2792 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:05 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Suse 9.0 installation > > >I know that this is late in the game, but the mkinstallroot script >(supplied >by Mark Post I believe) that was posted here worked great for me. If >you >are going to install SLES9 it would be worth the effort to search the >archives, and implement. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 8:04 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Suse 9.0 installation > > >I can add my experiences trying to install SLES9 on a z/VM 5.1 >system...and >none of them are good. > >My installation server is an Intel box, running SuSE SLES9. The Intel >box >has a great deal of disk storage available, so I just put the 6 .iso >files >onto the server. I just do a simple mount -o loop -t iso9660 to make the >cd >images available. So far, so good. > >After booting the initial SLES9 install VM kernel and ram disk, in a >512M >virtual machine and getting the networking setup and working (eth0 on a >QDIO >gLAN) without too much difficulty, I choose SSH and FTP for performing >the >basic installation, and I specify location of the install media as /CD1 >(where I have mounted the CD1.iso file). I then log on, using SSH and >start >yast. After successfully creating the dasd partitions and making the >mount >points, yast reports the following error: > > Cannot read package data from installation media. Media error? > >On the Intel SLES9 server, I can navigate and view the files on /CD1, >and >they all appear OK. Anybody got a clue as to what's wrong? > >TIA. > >DJ >Herczeg, Zoltan wrote: > > I can feel your pain. I ordered the SuSE sles9 evaluation and > > installed it via ftp from my windows desktop using war ftp server. It > > took me days just to get the ftp server set up properly for the > > initial install. Now after redoing things so many times and working > > with SuSE support on why my nic cards don't activate when linux boots > > a month has gone by and I have nothing to show for it. I am running > > MP3000, lpar with the nics on the MP3000. > > > > Zoltan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Tom Duerbusch > > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:26 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Suse 9.0 installation > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > >-- >Dave Jones >Houston, TX >281.578.7544 >(speaking for myself only) > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 Lee Stewart, Senior SE Sirius Enterprise Systems Group (719) 566-0188 , Fax (309) 410-5363 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.siriuscom.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
