Just curious - couldn't you have FTP'd to the server where the .iso image is and done a GET of the install files? Using z/VM as an FTP server was not an option in our case -- nor was reaching the install server via FTP from z/VM -- that's why I 'had' to use 3270 file xfer and resorted to VMARC, etc.
But it sounds in your case like you could have reached the install server from z/VM via FTP rather then have to do a workstation shuttle or get z/VM's FTPSERVE working? Or is this what you did do and I just misread your post? Scott Rohling On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Martin, Terry Contractor < [email protected]> wrote: > Ok, we finally got this to work. Ultimately we had to get FTP working and > load using that. Even though the MD5 checksum done on z/VM against the > images loaded on z/VM showed a different DISGEST value for the INITRD and > KERNEL images from the original HTTP server source (ISO) we tried it > anyway. Well it worked! So the difference was how we got it from our > workstation to z/VM, which was using FTP instead of the PCOMM terminal > emulator SEND/RECEIVE. > > Not sure why the MD5 checksum did not match but I will talk to Dave to see > If he has any idea as to why. > > Thanks for the help and hope this helps other folks who may run into the > same issue. > > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Stuart, David > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 11:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time > > Terry, > > The thought that pops instantly to mind is 'code pages'. But I would > presume that all these transfers were in binary... > > > Dave > > > > Dave Stuart > Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst > County of Ventura, CA > 805-662-6731 > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Martin, Terry Contractor > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 8:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time > > Ok. I got a z/VM MD5 checksum from Dave. We ran it against the INITRD IMG > and KERNEL IMG files and sure enough they did not match the MD5 value that > was sent with the RHEL ISO for these two files. So the assumption is > corrupted files. The files we downloaded from the HTTP source server to our > workstation are good. We ran a MD5 checksum on those and they match. > > Our initial load of these files from our workstation down to z/VM was via > the PCOMM terminal emulator SEND/RECEIVE. We MD5 checked these files and > they don't match. > > So since we have some security issues at this shop currently using > FTPSERVE we tried using FTP to move the files from our workstation to z/OS > and then FTP from z/OS to z/VM. Note using FTP all the way through. > > We than did another MD5 checksum on the files on z/VM and they still don't > match. So it looks like something is happening to the files on transfer to > z/VM. > > Any help or ideas? > > Thanks, > > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Dave Jones > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 2:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time > > Delivered to Terry off list. > > DJ > > On 08/25/2014 11:32 AM, Martin, Terry Contractor wrote: > > Dave, > > > > You said you had a copy of a MD5 CHECKSUM REXX EXEC. Can I get a copy of > that and the directions on how I would run against the INITRD image file > that is sitting on my 'A' disk? > > > > 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 > > Dave Jones > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 12:05 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time > > > > Alan is referring to the CMS/TSO Pipelines Runtime Library Distribution > which you can find here: > > > > http://vm.marist.edu/~pipeline/ > > > > This version of Pipes supports significant new function over the version > that is shipped with z/VM. > > > > DJ > > > > On 08/25/2014 10:20 AM, Alan Altmark wrote: > >> On Monday, 08/25/2014 at 10:56 EDT, Mark Pace > >> <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> Is there an MD5 chksum routine for z/VM? > >> > >> If you have the non-IBM CMS Pipelines runtime distribution, check out > >> the "digest md5" stage. > >> > >> Alan Altmark > >> > >> Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant Lab Services System z > >> Delivery Practice IBM Systems & Technology Group, Endicott, NY > >> office: 607.429.3323 > >> mobile; 607.321.7556 > >> [email protected] > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> - 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/ > >> > > > > -- > > Dave Jones > > V/Soft Software > > www.vsoft-software.com > > Houston, TX > > 281.578.7544 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/ > > > > -- > Dave Jones > V/Soft Software > www.vsoft-software.com > Houston, TX > 281.578.7544 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
