You'll need to set up an NFS, SMB, or FTP server with the installation files. You cannot use the CD or DVD drives in the HMC to do the install. This is all pretty well documented in the three PDF files in the /docu/en directory on CD1.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Kippers Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Installing sles9 What option should I select for installation source, if ipl from cd on the hardware console. - Rob Robert Kippers SoftWare Analyst Technology Services McMaster University GilMour Hall Room 302 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8 Phone 905.525.9140 Ext. 23866 On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Post, Mark K wrote: > Ok, was this before, or after you answered the questions on the > console about the installation source? (NFS, SAMBA, FTP, Abort). If > before, then you jumped to telnet too soon, even though it says you > can. (This was a bug in the SLES8 installer as well.) You need to go > through the process of specifying where to find the installation > materials so that the installer can pull over the remainder of the > installer, part of which is YaST. > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Robert Kippers > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Installing sles9 > > > I receive the following when I telnet in. > > > Last login: Thu Mar 31 13:49:04 from PC-xxxxxx-R0.xxx.xxxxxx.xx > > >>> >>> SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for S/390 and zSeries <<< <<< > > Check with the file README on CD1 for any preparational steps > before starting the installer. > > Then start installation with the 'yast' command. > > have a lot of fun... > > > ...your SUSE team > SuSE Instsys trylinx:/root # > SuSE Instsys trylinx:/root # yast > -bash: yast: command not found > SuSE Instsys try1linx:/root # > > > Robert Kippers > SoftWare Analyst > Technology Services > McMaster University > > GilMour Hall Room 302 > 1280 Main Street West > Hamilton, Ontario > L8S 4L8 > > Phone 905.525.9140 > Ext. 23866 > > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Post, Mark K wrote: > > > Be more explicit about what "no success" with YaST means. What > > errors do you get, etc. > > > > > > Mark Post > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Robert Kippers > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:24 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Installing sles9 > > > > > > Hello, I have IPL sles9 64 bit version on lpar. I am able to telnet > > to the lpar with mini system running. I'm trying run yast with no > > sucess. When I do cat on the /proc/dasd/devices it doesn't exist. > > Any help is greatly appreciated, I'm kind of new to linux. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > 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
