> In case any one here hadn't heard, Novell is offering Release
> Candidate versions of SLES10
Thanks Mark.

Within IBM, we have the luxury of an internal download server. I got
SLES10 RC3 (4 CD isos) but have not been able to get it to install.

As a head's up, there are new parmfile parameters (see
cd1/docu/en/preparation.pdf for details). Here is what I am using:
 ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc TERM=dumb
 Hostname=ny55.pbm.ihost.com  HostIP=129.40.49.55  Gateway=129.40.49.254
 Nameserver=129.40.106.1  InstNetDev=osa  Netmask=255.255.255.0
 Layer2=0 Broadcast=129.40.49.255  OsaInterface=eth  OsaMedium=qdio
 ReadChannel=0.0.0600  WriteChannel=0.0.0601  DataChannel=0.0.0602
 Portname=dontcare Install=nfs://129.40.45.3/nfs/distros/sles10x/cd1/
 UseVNC=1  VNCPassword=123456

I punch to reader, IPL and get out of the gate:
 Linux version 2.6.16.20-0.12-default ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.0
(SUSE
 Linux)) #1 SMP Mon Jun 19 22:25:45 UTC 2006
 We are running under VM (64 bit mode)
 ... (a few screens go by)
 Starting hardware detection...
 Searching for
 info file...
 NET: Registered protocol family 10
 lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
 IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
 qdio: loading QDIO base support version 2
 qeth: loading qeth S/390 OSA-Express driver
 IUCV lowlevel driver initialized
  iucv: NETIUCV driver initialized
  lcs: Loading LCS driver
 sit0: Disabled Privacy Extensions

But then it just freezes and eventually times out to:

 *** Could not find the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation
Source.
 Activating manual setup program.
 >>> Linuxrc v2.0.45 (Kernel 2.6.16.20-0.12-default) <<<
 Main Menu
 1) Settings
 2) System Information
 3) Kernel Modules (Hardware Drivers)
 4) Start Installation or System
 5) Verify Installation CD-ROM/DVD
 6) Eject CD
 7) Exit or Reboot
 8) Power off

Has anyone seen this?  I have tried with 768M of memory so I don't think
that is the problem. I know I can mount the NFS share from another Linux.

> If Mike MacIsaac comes up with a mksles10root.sh script,
> I can do that. :)
I just mounted each CD over cd1/, cd2/, etc.  I was hoping the script
wouldn't be necessary (at least until SP1)  It sure would be nice if SuSE
included such a script with SP1.

> Oh, and when I looked, they were one 5 CDs (iso files), not a single
DVD.
:(( sigh ...

"Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   (845) 433-7061

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