In the HMC, under Console Actions, there is a function to "Enable FTP access to Removable Mass Storage". Can I use this facility to perform this install?
Any assistance would be appreciated. Kind Regards. S. On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On 1/28/2015 at 04:18 PM, Steve P <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am installing SUSE 11.3 on an z LPAR (not under zVM). A full ISO image > > of the SUSE Linux for zSeries was downloaded (2 dvd's). > > > > The dvd is loaded in the HMC cdrom and perform the IPL - Load from > > Removable Media or Server. That works and is loaded successfully and in > > the Operating System Messages window, it goes through initialization. > When > > the prompts begin, I select: > > 1) Main Menu: 1-Installation > > 2) Start Installation: 1-Start Installation or Update > > 3) Choose the source medium: 1) DVD / CD ROM > > > > After this, I get a message: ***** No repository found > > > > What does this message mean? Does it mean it can't find a repository > file > > in the DVD? What about on the 2nd DVD? When is the 2nd DVD read? > > It means that an operating system running in an LPAR has no programmatic > access to the DVD reader in the HMC. (The one known exception is z/VM.) > You have to use a network-based installation server to install Linux in an > LPAR. Linux/UNIX is best. Windows and z/OS have been known to be made to > work. I seem to recall someone even got the z/VM FTP server to work _with_ > the HMC DVD reader. But again, from the Linux perspective, that's a > network-based install. > > Looking toward the future, the IBM developers have been working on an open > source means to make this happen. It's been tied up in IBM Legal for a > while, but should be making an appearance before too long. The Linux > installation routines won't pick that up immediately, but there might be a > way to hack around that in the meantime. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
