Ok, looks like you already have your linux installer running, but still need access to a installation repository. I read about quite a number of possibilities that are all network related. However, there is some more that could be done in theory, but have requirements:
1. Use a Fibre Channel attached DVD Rom. That way, you can not only boot from the DVD, but also install from there. It is not easy however to find such a device. In our local installation, we have a pathlight gateway attached to the SAN. The actual DVD drive is a SATA drive that has a SATA - SCSI converter which in turn is attached to the pathlight gateway. 2. Write all the contents of the DVD to a Disk with a Linux supported filesystem (zFCP or DASD) and use the expert mode to activate that disk in the installer. After this, you can install from directory. 3. With zFCP, it should even be possible to just dump the disk to the Fibre Channel device and use it as installation source. Unlike the zFCP attached DVD Rom, you will not be able to boot from there, but still can use it as installation repository. 4. If you already had z/VM, you can also install there and later on run the guest from LPAR. For this, the disk device must also be available to both systems. For the sake of completeness (probably not helpful in your case): Internally, we use a shared zFCP disk for a netboot system. The actual system is a KIWI appliance that is loaded from the netboot during bootup. That way, we can deploy our buildservice worker by just doing a reipl over snipl (and yes, this is on LPAR). That however really needs a networked installation server. Berthold On Wed, 4 Feb 2015 18:15:04 -0600 Steve P <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank Mark for your detailed response. I have check all that and all > the network config is there and I can see the OSA and all the IP > addresses. > > I don't think I will be using the z/OS FTP server. > > Thanks also Alan for your input. I am continuing to try accessing the > hmc FTP server by way of enabling the access to the DVD. It doesn't > seem to be working and continue to get the no repository found. So > now the challenge is how to help the network group in figuring out > how to open that access between the installer/lpar and the FTP > network of the hmc DVD. > > Any ideas? > > I will also look at a network FTP server outside of the hmc. Since > the DVD is at a different location than where I am, I will have to > find a way to copy them from the DVD to an FTP server without losing > its integrity. > > Thanks. > > On Tuesday, February 3, 2015, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 02/03/2015 at 03:46 EST, Steve P <[email protected] > > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > So for the FTP file server I can use the hmc enable FTP access > > > to mass storage media giving the installer the IP address of the > > > hmc. And giving the lpar IP address to the hmc FTP facility (for > > > lack of a better name/word). I just want to know for sure If > > > this is valid option for me. If not then I will abandon it and > > > move to other options. > > > > Yes, using the HMC as an FTP server is a valid option. > > > > > > If it helps, know that there are special instructions that must > > > > be > > used to > > > > read the data from the DVD from inside the LPAR. The LPAR is > > > > still authorized to use those instructions (like VM TCP/IP > > > > does), but > > without > > > > that removable media device driver, the authorization does it > > > > no good. > > > > > > > > > > > The special instructions you're talking about is the proverbial > > > device driver that IBM is yet to develop/allow. Correct? So for > > > now an IP > > network > > > is best? > > > > Correct, the special instructions would be used by a DVD device > > driver. So for now, an IP network your best (only) choice. The > > only question is how much control you have over the environment. > > > > If you wanted to, you could set up an FTP server on your own > > workstation, put the DVD into your workstation's DVD drive, tell > > the HMC to Load from FTP Server. Then point to the installer to > > your FTP server. > > > > 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] <javascript:;> > > IBM Endicott > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/ -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Berthold Gunreben Build Service Team http://www.suse.de/ Maxfeldstr. 5 SUSE LINUX GmbH D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Jennifer Guild, Dilip Upmanyu, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
