The message is coming from the Linux installer. On Monday, February 2, 2015, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> On 2/2/2015 at 02:00 PM, Steve P <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > So I've tried to Ping the Lpar IP from the hmc under Network Diagnostics > to > > see if the lpar is communicating at all through the hmc. But it fails. > So I > > wonder if the failure is because of the the network connection. > > > > Any thoughts? > > If you get into a shell > 1. Do you see the network interface? (ip link show) > 2. If you have a network interface, does it have an IP address? (ip addr > show) > 2a. Does it have the right network mask? (ip addr show) > 3. If you have an IP address, is the default gateway set? (ip route show) > 4. Can you ping the default gateway? (ping -c 3 ip.addr.of.gateway) > > If all those are OK and you can ping your gateway, then the problem is > somewhere beyond the gateway. Only your network people can help you at > that point. > > Also, note that the LPAR does _not_ "communicate through the HMC." The > traffic from the OSA adapter you're using goes out through whatever > switches and routes your network team has hooked up, and then to the > (usually well isolated) NIC on the HMC. As I said, all that part of the > network is outside of your control, so it might be a good idea to see if > you can access another FTP/HTTP/SMB/NFS server somewhere else on the > network. We have had at least one report of someone using the z/OS FTP > server to install Linux in an LPAR. Not necessarily a lot of fun, but it's > another possible avenue. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] <javascript:;> 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/
