>>> On 2/13/2009 at 12:38 PM, Jihad K Kawkabani >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > I cross posted this to IBMVM and Linux on S390. > > Noticing a pause during the installation of SLES10 SP2 to a guest > configured with a VSWITCH > with VLANs. I have layer2 support set in the parm file and after IPLing > from the reader, the guest > is stuck at the MAC address prompt. Hitting the enter key moves the guest > to the name server > prompt but that is set also in the parm file. Is this normal??
Yes. Once the installer has to prompt for information that was missing from the parmfile, it then drops into manual mode, and will prompt for all the remaining items it needs. If a value for those items was in the parmfile, it will have that as the default value for the prompt, and you just need to hit enter to confirm it. This problem with using Layer 2 during installation seems to be coming up more often now, so I asked one of my contacts in Germany about it. He said the OSAHWaddr parameter is what you need to put into the parmfile to provide that value. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
