Mark, Can a CHECKSUM be done at the source level to verify the INITRD file there?
Terry martin – Contractor Cell – 443 854-2452 Office (NCC) – 410 965-8682 Email – [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 10:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time Is there an MD5 chksum routine for z/VM? On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, 08/25/2014 at 10:21 EDT, "Martin, Terry Contractor" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Could the INITRD corrupted at the ISO level ? Or is it the Kernel > > Image > that is > > the problem? We have been concentrating on the INITRD file up to > > this > point. > > It isn't the kernel since you can't see the kernel running. As I said > previously, I think the ramdisk (INITRD) is corrupted. Note the > "incomplete write". Whether is was corrupted on upload to VM, to your > workstation, or at the source is TBD. If it were at the source, then > everyone would have the same issue. > > Alan Altmark > > Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant IBM System Lab Services and > Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices > office: 607.429.3323 > mobile; 607.321.7556 > [email protected] > IBM Endicott > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
