Hmm, then I wonder why my SLES10 SP2 install is failing? I had no issues installing until I switched to a LAYER2 vswitch. A logoff and logon of the guest did not correct this problem.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Shedlock, George <[email protected]>wrote: > We have installed a SLES 10 SP 2 with a layer=2 vswitch. One thing that I > noticed, but did not spend a great deal of time researching, is that once > any version of SLES is IPL'd, there are certain remnants in the system that > prevent it from IPL'ing clean a second time. We got around this by doing a > full logoff and logon (z/VM) and everything magically gets cleaned up. > > > George Shedlock Jr > AEGON Information Technology > AEGON USA > 502-560-3541 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark > Pace > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 11:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Problems using PARMFILE and layer2 support > > I'm seeing the same thing. Except once the install is complete my NIC does > not start when I IPL from the boot disk. Have you successfully installed a > SLES10 using LAYER 2? > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Tobias Doerkes <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > anyone out there using layer2 support during SLES10 autoinstall in > > parmfile? > > > > layer2=1 works fine so far, but the system always asks for the MAC. Is > > there a parameter to specifiy one in the parmfile? i read the > > suse/novell docs regarding parmfile, but could not find anything. In > > redhat there is a parameter. > > > > Moreover, since we switched to layer2, we have to confirm the nameserver. > > The address is taken from the parmfile, but he still wants a > confirmation. > > Running layer2=0, the nameserver is taken without confirmation. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Tobias > > _________________________________________________________________ > > News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it > now! > > http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Mark Pace > Mainline Information Systems > 1700 Summit Lake Drive > Tallahassee, FL. 32317 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
