>>> On 3/3/2017 at 03:25 PM, "Hamilton, Robert" <[email protected]> wrote: -snip- > I have an LPAR ready to run SLES 12 SP2. We only have 256MB of memory to > give it, so when I can, I shut down our z/OS sandbox LPAR (1.5GB) to use for > the installation. > > It will now boot from the DVD (no, the DVD media weren't the problem...), > and after some trials and errors, I can get into YaST2 over a VNC connection.
Might I suggest using ssh instead of VNC? -snip- > I think there is a fix for that; I downloaded some RPMs that, somehow, > I need to merge into the ISO burned on my DVD. More on that later. That's not entirely necessary, but there is a method to do that. It's called creating a Driver Update Disk (DUD) and is not terribly difficult. If it really comes down to that being necessary, I can point you to some documentation. > - If I was careful, I was able to get past that and get to the DASD > activation screen. A little painful, since it looks over every disk device You can limit that, somewhat, by using the filtering at the top of the display to limit the number of devices. The real relief comes when you have an installed system and the "cio_ignore" parameter gets added to your kernel parms. > you have every time you press enter, but I was able to activate a dozen > drives. The IBM class on VM and Suse setup that I took last year told me that > I could multithread the dasd-formatting task, but that appears not to be true > here. Not sure why. If you have multiple volumes selected when you choose the format option, it should "just work" for you. > - THEN, after YaST is finished formatting your disk space and you choose to > go forward, it goes into the "System Probing", <ew>, and gets all the way to > the "Initialize Software Manager" part, when I get > > Unable to create repository > From URL 'dir:/mounts/mp_0006' > > Details" [SLES12-SP2-12.2-0|dir:///mounts/mp_0006] Valid metadata not > found at specified URL > History: > - Can't hardlink/copy /mounts/mp_0006/license.tar.gz to > /var/cache/zypp/SLES12-SP2-12.2-0Wtd3Si > - Can't provide license.tar.gz > > Try again? What method are you using to access the installation media? The HMC DVD, or something else? > I've asked about these on the Suse fora, but haven't gotten any responses. The typical SUSE forums are not typically inhabited by experienced mainframe customers. This mailing list is a much better choice. > Since this is an evaluation, I'm not permitted to open a service ticket. That's not true. You can open a service request for _installation-related_ problems, which this clearly is. They should even be able to create a DUD for you if it's needed. > I'm trying to build/create a new ISO from my SLES12SP2 distro, and have two > new RPMs to replace existing ones...but I can't seem to find out how to make > a bootable ISO. That's not necessary in your case, since the HMC doesn't use the same method to boot from a DVD as midrange systems use. The HMC relies on the contents of the suse.ins file in the top-level directory of the DVD or FTP server. > Got a nice node from Suse saying my evaluation period is about to > end...wonder if they really want my evaluation... Yes, we do. Have you had the software for 6 months already? That's how long evaluations last for SLES on z Systems. > Any info that could help would be greatly appreciated. I'll try to help as much as possible. 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/
