Thanks Mark, I had pretty much determined that DHCP was going to be the way to go...
Thomas > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Post, Mark K > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Need to configure cloned machines from command line via > 3270 emulation > > > If you're running on z/VM, put a file on the guest's 191 disk > that contains > the information you need it to have. When the system boots > for the first > time, use the cmsfs utilities to read the file off the 191 > disk (note that > this does _not_ work with SFS minidisks), and update the > appropriate files > accordingly. > > Or, have a dhcp server on your Guest LAN that provides that > information to > each guest that comes up. > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Cameron, Thomas > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Need to configure cloned machines from command line via 3270 > emulation > > > All - > > We have tried to deploy cloned systems with the > /.unconfigured trick but of > course the curses-based stuff doesn't work on QWS3270 from a > Windows PC. > > So I cobbled together a pretty simple bash script that is > supposed to run at > boot time and ask the user for ip address, netmask, default > gateway, DNS > server address and hostname. It then runs the appropriate > commands to set > all that up and boot the guest. > > Unfortunately, it doesn't work. The console just hangs, > never asks for any > input from the user. Of course it works find from an ssh session. > > So how are you all setting up cloned guests? > > Thanks > -- > Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT > Assistant Vice President > Linux Design and Engineering > Bank of America > (512) 241-0774 > > The opinions expressed in this message do not necessarily > reflect those of > my employer, Bank of America. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
