Hi Brad, it works now. I had a small error in my script. Thank you for your help, --------------------------------- Thang Pham IBM Poughkeepsie ---------------------------------
From: Brad Hinson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 11/01/2009 01:22 AM Subject: Re: RHEL install Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> Hi Thang, I noticed this line during your IPL: 00: NO FILES CHANGED Are you purging the reader before punching and IPLing? I copied/pasted your PARM file, and it worked for me. For reference, here's my exec: /* EXEC to punch RHEL 5 64-bit install */ 'CP SPOOL PUN *' 'CP CLOSE RDR' 'PUR RDR ALL' 'PUN RH53 KERNEL * (NOH' 'PUN 'userid()' PARM * (NOH' 'PUN RH53 INITRD * (NOH' 'CH RDR ALL KEEP' 'IPL 00C CLEAR' I wonder if you were IPL'ing an old copy of the PARM file (I noticed the vnc/vncpasswd options are missing from the kernel cmdline output, which may confirm this theory). -Brad Thang Pham wrote: > Hi Brad, I took you advice and put everything in the parm file. I have > the following in my parm file: > root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000 > DASD=0.0.0100,0.0.0101 HOSTNAME=gpok6.endicott.ibm.com > NETTYPE=qeth IPADDR=10.0.0.6 > SUBCHANNELS=0.0.0800,0.0.0801,0.0.0802 > NETWORK=10.0.0.0 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > SEARCHDNS=endicott.ibm.com BROADCAST=10.0.0.255 > GATEWAY=10.0.0.1 DNS=9.0.2.11 MTU=1500 > PORTNAME=UNASSIGNED PORTNO=0 LAYER2=0 > vnc vncpassword=123456 > > When the virtual server IPL 000C, which is where the kernel, parm, and > initrd are punched to, I get the following message: > Which kind of network device do you intend to use > (e.g. ctc, iucv, qeth, lcs). > Enter 'qeth' for OSA-Express Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet > (including 1000Base-T), High Speed Token Ring, and ATM > (running Ethernet LAN emulation) features in QDIO mode. > Enter 'lcs' for OSA 2 Ethernet/Token Ring, OSA-Express Fast Ethernet in > non-QDIO mode, OSA-Express High Speed Token Ring in non-QDIO mode and > Gigabit Ethernet in non-QDIO mode. > > It looks like the parm file was never read. I see this at the beginning > when the virtual server IPLed 000C: > RDR FILE 0121 SENT FROM LINUX254 PUN WAS 0142 RECS 048K CPY 001 A NOHOLD > NOKEEP > RDR FILE 0122 SENT FROM LINUX254 PUN WAS 0143 RECS 0005 CPY 001 A NOHOLD > NOKEEP > RDR FILE 0123 SENT FROM LINUX254 PUN WAS 0144 RECS 117K CPY 001 A NOHOLD > NOKEEP > 00: NO FILES CHANGED > Linux version 2.6.18-128.el5 ([email protected]) (gcc version > 4.1.2 > 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:45:02 EST 2008 > We are running under VM (64 bit mode) > Detected 2 CPU's > Boot cpu address 0 > Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 131072 > Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000 > DASD=0.0.0100,0.0.0101 HOSTNAME=gpok6.endicott.ibm.com > NETTYPE=qeth IPADDR=10.0.0.6 > SUBCHANNELS=0.0.0800,0.0.0801,0.0.0802 > NETWORK=10.0.0.0 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > SEARCHDNS=endicott.ibm.com BROADCAST=10.0.0.255 > GATEWAY=10.0.0.1 DNS=9.0.2.11 MTU=1500 > PORTNAME=UNASSIGNED PORTNO=0 LAYER2=0 > > What could be wrong? > --------------------------------- > Thang Pham > IBM Poughkeepsie > --------------------------------- > > > > From: > Brad Hinson <[email protected]> > To: > [email protected] > Date: > 10/31/2009 11:17 AM > Subject: > Re: RHEL install > Sent by: > Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > > > Hi Thang, > > Yes, you can definitely install without a CONF file. You would just put > everything into the PARM file, and not specify CMSCONFFILE= or CMSDASD=. > In fact, this is how it's done with zPXE, the PXE client for > cobbler/Satellite. For example, see here: > > https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/SssThreeNinety > (sample PARM file towards the bottom) > > Keep in mind though that the PARM file has an architectural limit of 11 > lines (880 characters), so you have to be clever and fit as many > parameters on an 80 character line as possible. > > -Brad > > Thang Pham wrote: >> Is there a way to install RHEL on s390x architecture without the need to >> specify a CONF file and putting the CONF file on a CMS disk? Can I > append >> the configuration onto the PARM file and punch it to reader (which I > tried >> but does not work)? >> >> According to Red Hat, "A .parm file is still required for the real > kernel >> parameters, such as root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000, and >> single parameters which are not assigned to variables, such as vnc. Two >> parameters which are used in z/VM installs to point the installation >> program at the new CMS configuration file need to be added to the .parm >> file: >> >> CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=redhat.conf >> >> CMSDASD is the device ID of the CMS formatted DASD which contains the >> configuration file. CMSDASD is often the 'A' DASD (usually disk 191) of >> the z/VM guest account. The name of the configuration file must be set >> with CMSCONFFILE and needs to be all lowercase." ( >> > http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Installation_Guide/s1-s390-steps-vm.html > >> ) >> >> Thank you, >> --------------------------------- >> Thang Pham >> IBM Poughkeepsie >> --------------------------------- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > -- > Brad Hinson <[email protected]> > Sr. Support Engineer Lead, System z > Red Hat, Inc. > (919) 754-4198 > www.redhat.com/z > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Brad Hinson <[email protected]> Sr. Support Engineer Lead, System z Red Hat, Inc. 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