I was going to add that <module_entry> section to my autoinstall file, but can't figure out where it goes. I don't have a section in my previous autoinstall file, when we were using LAYER3, that mentions qeth.
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 1:43 AM, John Dome <[email protected]>wrote: > >>> On 2/13/2009 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? > > Yes, we just converted our vswitch to layer2 and then encountered the > problem you describe. > The OSAHWaddr is key to the parm file, but the value it's set to doesn't > matter. Along with > that here is what I have in my autoinstall file: > > <module_entry> > <ccw_chan_ids>0.0.f003 0.0.f004 0.0.f005</ccw_chan_ids> > <ccw_chan_mode>dontcare</ccw_chan_mode> > <ccw_chan_num>3</ccw_chan_num> > <device>qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.f003</device> > <module>qeth</module> > <qeth_layer2_support>1</qeth_layer2_support> > </module_entry> > > Apparently there is something amiss in the install, when I run through a > manual install and > choose layer2 the resultant xml content looks like this... > > <options>QETH_LAYER2_SUPPORT='1'</options> > > Which results in the following hardware configuration which is in fact > incorrect > > xg1dibld:~ # grep LAYER2 > /etc/sysconfig/hardware/hwcfg-qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.f003 > MODULE_OPTIONS='QETH_LAYER2_SUPPORT=1' > > > -- > G. John Dome > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
