Hello, RHEL7.x can use the same “installation style” (parm file and conf file) as before with a few minor changes (keep in mind that this will be deprecated in the future), or the new “installation layout” (just the parm file). The following slide deck shows examples of how the new parm file should look like: http://people.redhat.com/fmiranda/systemz/slide_decks/Special%20Events/IBM%20T3%20Bobligen%20Germany%202015%20v2.pdf <http://people.redhat.com/fmiranda/systemz/slide_decks/Special%20Events/IBM%20T3%20Bobligen%20Germany%202015%20v2.pdf>
Kind Regards, Filipe Miranda fmira...@redhat.com > On Jul 17, 2015, at 7:17 AM, Grzegorz Powiedziuk <gpowiedz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 2015-07-17 9:55 GMT-04:00 Beard, Rick (Atos) <rick.be...@xerox.com>: > >> Gregory, >> >> Looks like your using the kick start method to install. I just load the >> install into memory then SSH into the new image and issue install at the >> logon which then allows me to pick the language and then point to the NFS >> where the packages exists. The next step is does is have me connect to the >> new image using VNC and I do the install configurations via a gui then >> reboot when the install is done. For years I have been using the following >> PARM file. >> >> root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000 >> CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=xxxxxxxxxx.CONF-RH7 >> >> > > That is correct. I think you should be able to modify my parmfile for you > needs. So in your case, the following parmfile should work: > > ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev > CMSDASD=191 > CMSCONFFILE=xxxxxxx.conf > inst.repo=http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (I guess you can skip it if you specify > it cond file ) > vnc vncpassword=redhat > > > > >> And here is the xxxxxxxxxxxx.CONF-RH7 file: >> >> DASD=200,204 >> HOSTNAME=xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.com >> NETTYPE=qeth >> IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> SUBCHANNELS=0.0.0500,0.0.0501,0.0.0502 >> NETMASK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> SEARCHDNS=xxxx.com >> METHOD=nfs:xxxxxxxxx:/var/opt/rhel71 >> GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> DNS=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> MTU=1492 >> PORTNAME= >> PORTNO=0 >> LAYER2=0 >> >> > that looks fine. I have double quotes but that shouldn't matter > > Is there anything else you are getting before the error output you've > presented? Does it even load kernel and print kernel parameters? > > Gregory Powiedziuk > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu 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 lists...@vm.marist.edu 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/
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