After enough playing around, I finally stubbed my foot on the solution.
>From SUSE's home directory (/home/suse) which is on a FTP server;
mkdir sdk
cd sdk
mkdir CD1
mkdir CD2
mkdir CD3
mkdir CD4
cd ..
mount -o loop,ro SLE-10-SDK-s390x-GMC-CD1.iso sdk/CD1
mount -o loop,ro SLE-10-SDK-s390x-GMC-CD2.iso sdk/CD2
mount -o loop,ro SLE-10-SDK-s390x,GMC-CD3.iso sdk/CD3
mount -o loop,ro SLE-10.SDK-s390x-GMC-CD4.iso sdk/CD4
And from Yast on the machine that wants the SDK:
1. Forget about the Add-on Product.
2. Under "Installation Source":
specify Protocol: FTP
Server name: 192.168.....
Directory on server: sdk/CD1
User name: suse
Password: xxxxx
Now "Software Management" now picks up all four SDK CDs.
Yea, I know. Everyone else "knows" this stuff <G>.
Tom Duerbusch
THD Consulting
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A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by
some outside force - such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby
scurrying mouse.
>>> Tom Duerbusch 9/12/2007 11:37 AM >>>
I have SLES 10 with SP1 installed.
The source is the DVD, iso image on a FTP server.
Everything installs fine and is really fast.
Now I want to add in the SDK (4 iso images to the FTP server).
For installation, the install userid is "suse".
So on the ftp server, the DVD is mounted as:
/home/suse/suse10
I currently have the 4 SDK images mounted as:
/home/suse/sdk1
/home/suse/sdk2
/home/suse/sdk3
/home/suse/sdk4
Well, using
yast
software
add-on product
I can specify the sdk1 directory and that works, but for only those packages on
the first CD.
When I redo the "add-on products" to specify the second CD, to pick up the rest
of the packages, I get:
File ./media.1/directory.yast not found on media: ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sdk2
Right, it is not there. It is on the first CD.
So, there must be a certain method of mounting the sdk CDs, so "add-on
Products" can find the "media.1" directory plus get access to the other 3 CDs.
Where is this documented? This "add-on products" is new with SLES10 and seems
to have a specific directory structure for all 4 CDs. The "sles-admin.pdf"
just shows how to use the sdks, not how to mount them.
Thanks
Tom Duerbusch
THD Consulting
FELINE PHYSICS:
Law of Cat Inertia
A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by
some outside force - such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby
scurrying mouse.
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