Thanks Alan for clearing things up. My replies and responses below...next to your response.
Thanks. On Tuesday, February 3, 2015, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, 02/03/2015 at 12:12 EST, Steve P <[email protected]> > wrote: > > As far as issuing the FTP command within the installer shell to view > > contents of the hmc DVD, I guess that would only work if I enabled the > FTP > > access to the hmc DVD. But since I don't have a valid client ipaddress > (in > > this case the Lpar IP address) then it won't work , would it? The > ifconfig > > command showed inet addr of 127.0.0.1 but the hmc did not recognize it > as > > valid. > > I realize now, Steve, that no one has ever stopped to explain to you how > the mainframe accesses the DVD. > > Every LPAR has an associated I/O configuration that includes disk drives, > tape drives, fibre channel adapters, display terminals, and network > adapters. Understood... > > But no DVD drive and no USB drives. They are accessed differently. > Without the additional support that Mark referred to in one of his first > responses, the installer cannot access the removable media on the HMC. So setup a remote network bases FTP server that can communicate with the hmc IP ports and load that remote server with the files in those 2 install DVDs. Or enable FTP access to mass storage media by giving it the IP address of the Lpar? > > When you the "Load from removable media or FTP server" recovery task, that > media is automatically authorized to be accessed by the LPAR, and it > remains so until the LPAR is deactivated, you load another LPAR from that > same media, or you manually release the media. (I don't remember if > placing the back-up media into the drive causes it to be disconnected from > the LPAR or not.) So after the LOAD from removable media DVD and the the Installer starts the installation prompting for network configuration. And then asks for the FTP server IP address, Does the Lpar or Linux installer is still authorized to access the DVD or not? I would think yes since it hasnt been use again since the Load. > You might imagine an LPAR wanting access to the DVD later. It can, via > the "Access Removable Media" recovery task on the HMC. That's how you > allow the VM FTP server to access to the removable media outside of the > Load From DVD process. > > That way you can install Linux using a network installation to access the > DVD without going outside the box. Of course, you don't have z/VM. > > But if Linux gets a driver for the HMC removable media, it will be able to > access the removable media or the remote FTP server to complete the > installation without having to have a network connection to the LPAR > itself. So there is not a driver for in Linux for the hmc removable media. Not yet from IBM. > That's how z/VM and z/OS are able to be installed from the HMC. > > Alan Altmark > > Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant > Lab Services System z Delivery Practice > IBM Systems & Technology Group > 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
