I have success with a SLES 10 parmfile which contains:
ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc TERM=dumb Broadcast=141.202.200.255 Gateway=141.202.200.101 HostIP=141.202.200.124 Hostname=linux024.ca.com Install=ftp://130.200.16.136/sles10/cd1 Nameserver=141.202.1.92 Netmask=255.255.255.0 Password=whatever Username=anonymous UseVNC=1 VNCPassword=whatever Layer2=0 Portname=INTRANET ReadChannel=0.0.0c00 WriteChannel=0.0.0c01 DataChannel=0.0.0c02 And in particular, I have problems if (in addition to the above) I include: InstNetDev=osa OsaInterface=eth OsaMedium=qdio By skipping these three parm settings I -do- have to answer "1" to three prompts during the install process: Please select the type of your network device. 1) OSA-2 or OSA Express 2) Hipersockets -------------------- 3) Channel To Channel (CTC) 4) ESCON 5) Inter-User Communication Vehicle (IUCV) > 1 Please choose the CCW bus interface. 1) QDIO 2) LCS > 1 Please choose the physical medium. 1) Ethernet 2) Token Ring > 1 However the rest of the prompts can be answered with mere taps of the enter key because the settings from the parm file are used. (In particular, the annoying "0.0.0x00" answers for the addresses of the OSA adapter. I'll also mention that it seems that if you -do- use OSA devices in the upper hex ranges you cannot encode the parm file with: ReadChannel=0.0.0C00 upper-case You must encode: ReadChannel=0.0.0c00 mixed-case Although the doc says the parm names are not case sensitive, certainly the values seem to be. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
