I never did see the error message, but I have succeeded with the install. I
have since uninstalled/reinstalled a couple times trying different network
settings. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, so it looks like I am
experiencing the mentioned "bug" in the OSA card.
Thank you!
-Channon
-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Michael MacIsaac
Sent: Sat 3/5/2005 5:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc:
Subject: Re: SLES 8 vs 9 Install and vswitch config
> I am able to install SLES 8 31-bit on a configured guest.
> When I try to install SLES 9 31 or 64 bit over the same guest, the
> install fails when trying to ping the gateway.
This may the same issue I've seen. It is always during a SLES install
and
it is preceeded (about one 3270 screen earlier) by the message:
HCPIPN2833E IP address is already registered.
The guys who dug into this believe there may be a bug in the OSA card
and
we still don't have a fix. It may have to do with a race condition and
thus is intermittent.
The way we work around it is to keep trying. Set up a PARMFILE with all
the appropriate networking variables set, if you don't have one already
(it will save you a lot of typing). When you hit the error, just do a
"#CP
IPL 00C" to IPL the reader and start over. I usually get past it on the
second or third try, but have gone up to eight.
Here's an example PARMFILE:
ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc TERM=dumb
INST_PASSWORD=xxxxxx IP_ADDR=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn AUTOINSTALL=yes
IP_HOST=xxxxxx.xxx.xxx IP_GATEWAY=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
IP_INTERFACE=qeth IP_MTU=1500 IP_NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IP_BROADCAST=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn READ_DEVNO=600 WRITE_DEVNO=601
DATA_DEVNO=602 PORTNAME=dontcare IP_DNS=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
INST_INFO=nfs INST_IP_ADDR=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
INST_IP_DIR=/nfs/sles9root INST_SCREEN=VNC VNC_PASSWORD=xxxxxx
Hope this helps.
"Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061
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