Re: catfight.

2005-10-08 Thread Michael MacIsaac
I might have been a bit harsh in the last mails, good start ... but oops! but negates the previous statement. Perhaps Sorry Neale, you're code is not utter crap I've never looked at the code but have been using Neale's cpint for years and it has always worked perfectly for me. Thanks for a

Re: Attempting to create cloning server fails

2005-10-06 Thread Michael MacIsaac
James, I am getting a failure when I try to set up a cloning server per the book ... So this is just the first install of the controller? Device 0.0.9000 configured qeth: received an IDX TERMINATE with cause code 0x4e qeth: Initialization in hardsetup failed! rc=-5 Do you have the user ID to

SLES-9 on a FLEX-ES system?

2005-09-29 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello list, Has anyone successfully installed SLES-9 on a FLEX-ES system? We have seen at least two instances where the second half of the install process (after IPLing from disk) fails. It seems to be a network issue for which I don't have a lot of details at this point. But I was just

Re: mksles9root question

2005-09-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, That kind of implies that I can't have both 31 and 64 bit products on the installation server at the same time. They can exist on the same server, just not in the same directory. I put the 31-bit iso images in one directory, say /data/sles9 and the 64-bit iso images in another, say

Re: mksles9root question

2005-09-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, That didn't seem to work that a way. Hmmm - are you sure you have the latest script? I swatted a couple of bugs - the latest is on http://mikemacisaac.com/mksles9root (Note: I may be giving up on this mikemacisaac.com experiment and thus am hoping to have this script officially hosted on

Re: Logon problem with LDAP for non-local users

2005-09-19 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Sam, Any Ideas? Try using YaST = Network Services = LDAP Client Then you won't have to much around in config files, rather, you should just have to specify the LDAP server. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 --

Re: Logon problem with LDAP for non-local users

2005-09-19 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Sam, the Yast interface assumes that you are using a Open-LDAP server, which we are not. I agree that YaST assumes OpenLDAP when setting up things as a server. However, I have successfully used YaST to configure the client to point to an IBM Tivoli Directory Server. So maybe it's something on

Re: More SHARE Presentations

2005-09-08 Thread Michael MacIsaac
9212 Gordon WolfeManaging a Penguin Farm on the VM Prairie is too fancy for its own goodG. and if you can get by the fanciness, it's an excellent, real-world presentation. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

How to do a planned DR test?

2005-09-02 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello list, Has anyone addressed the issue of how to do a planned DR test? Here are the assumptions: -) There is a production z/VM+Linux LPAR at the primary data center. -) There is a DR site where the production LPAR volumes, etc. are replicated. -) A planned DR test is necessary. In a real

Re: LINUX 31-bit vs. 64-bit distribution

2005-08-24 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Craig, Early in the redbook project, I probably wrote the sentence: A rule of thumb may be to use a 31-bit distribution unless you know why you need a 64-bit distribution. It seems the editors hardened the statement somewhat to: We recommend that you follow the rule of thumb to use a 31-bit

Re: zVM error.

2005-08-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Uriel, we are having problems with zVM. When logon in maint, we can´t ipl cms, You may have hosed up your saved segments. Try IPL 190. However, such a system is greatly disabled as many other places IPL CMS. There is a way to rebuild the saved segments, but I am not a VM guru. Does

Re: Can't Access YAST to complete install

2005-08-12 Thread Michael MacIsaac
At this point I can not Ping the 155.180.147.41 address so i can not finish the installation has anyone seen this? No, not once ever. It seems odd. Here are some straws at which to grasp: So you have a 3270 session, but you don't have a command prompt because the install process is still in

Re: Cloning FCP-attached SCSI SLES9

2005-08-12 Thread Michael MacIsaac
talking to the original WWPN Too bad LUNs can't be virtualized the way DASD can. If anyone knows of another method that gets around all this error prone stuff, I'd like to know too. :) How about: -) Have a system to be cloned (golden image) mounted on a cloning system (controller) -) Chroot

Re: SLES9 install

2005-08-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Bob, I don't see much running and if I try and start yast By chance, are you trying to start yast from a 3270 session? What am I missing? You probably want to use SSH sessions out of habit after the install. 3270 sessions are still handy for CP commands. If you have a Windows desktop, most

Re: SLES9 install stuff - more weirdness

2005-08-09 Thread Michael MacIsaac
The CD contains a document that describes the layout of this path, and what additional files you need to link or create to make it all work correctly. Or you can use the mksles9root script at http://mikemacisaac.com/mksles9root Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: SLES9 install stuff - more weirdness

2005-08-09 Thread Michael MacIsaac
... when you can more easily loop-mount all the CDs, keeping everything contained in the fewest number of files. I ran into the problem of crossing mount points on the NFS-exported file system. If your NFS connection allows crossing mount points, loopback mounts are certainly an option. ... you

Re: USER DIRECT file USE  word displayed.

2005-08-08 Thread Michael MacIsaac
I want to delete column 73-80 zone 73 80 :1 c///* file Then be sure 'set serial off' is in your PROFILE XEDIT and they won't come back. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe /

Re: SLES 9 SP 2 install problem...

2005-08-08 Thread Michael MacIsaac
and two physical volumes in a volume group, divided into swap and the root file system. There was a thread some months back about the wisdom of putting the root file system into a logical volume. I believe the concensus was Don't do it, because when there are problems with the logical volume,

Re: mksles9root.sh - SP2 files included but not SP1

2005-08-08 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Does SLES9 SP2 superceed SP1? SP2 includes SP1 - from Ihno Krumreich of suse.de - see http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvtype?LINUX-VM.55648 Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff /

Re: CTC connection not coming online at boot

2005-08-04 Thread Michael MacIsaac
John, I had a problem with putting a ctc connection in as a conventional interface so it comes up with the network service. It seems that ifconfiging the first side of the pt-to-pt connection works fine, but if you ifup it (as the network script seems to do), the process will time out for like 10

Re: SLES9 on zVM 4.4 Install Issue

2005-08-02 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Mark, We're Glow-in-the-Dark Newbies at this, An NFS install is one of our options, and we'll set it up this week if we need to. Setting up an NFS server is documented in chapter 5 of The redbook z/VM and Linux on zSeries: From LPAR to Virtual Servers in Two Days at

Re: A second bug in mksles9root fixed

2005-08-01 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, I need to create this links manually. Do I create them in the sles9root directory? Yes. For example, on an SP2 system created in the directory /sles9root: # cd /sles9root # ln -s sp2-9/CD1/driverupdate # ln -s sp2-9/CD1/linux (An ln -s command with just one arg will use the same

A second bug in mksles9root fixed

2005-07-29 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello list, I got another bug report (thanks Betsie). There was (is) a bug in the function mk_symbolic_links(). The fixed script is on http://mikemacisaac.com/mksles9root Here are the diffs (just one character on each of two lines): # diff mksles9root mksles9root.bug 183c183 if [ $1 = 1

Re: Oracle 10G POOR performance

2005-07-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Melissa, 3 oracle queries will bring the IFL to 100% Is this a z990, or is it a smaller box? How much memory (CSTOR:XSTOR) does the z/VM LPAR have? Linux guest is 750M. Is Linux swapping at this point? Also, how many other Linuxes are running and what are their machine sizes? I am leaning

Where, oh where, is the latest Device Drivers manual?

2005-07-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello list, Does anyone know where the latest device drivers manual is? It has always been well hidden, but now I can't find it at all starting at http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/index.html Thanks. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Bug fix in mksles9root

2005-07-22 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello list, I got a bug report that mksles9root fails to copy hard links on a Red Hat-based system: ... Copying SLES9 ISO images ... Mounting and copying SLES-9-s390x-RC5a-CD1.iso ... Mounting and copying SLES-9-s390x-RC5-CD2.iso ... Mounting and copying SLES-9-s390x-RC5-CD3.iso ...

Re: mksles9root script

2005-07-20 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, Thank you very much for the updated script. Glad it helped. Is that because SP2 includes and/or supercedes SP1? Yes, as I understand it. It would be nice for someone at SuSE to confirm this. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: SLES9 Installation - Very Basic

2005-07-19 Thread Michael MacIsaac
test - can't seem to append to the list Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or

Re: SLES9 Installation - Very Basic

2005-07-19 Thread Michael MacIsaac
I have updated the mksles9script for SP2 on http://mikemacisaac.com/mksles9root (my longer appends seem to be getting dropped) Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Am I missing something in SLES8 install?

2005-06-30 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Anyone else out there have any ideas??? I documented a SLES8 install in chapter 6 of the Domino redbook: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247021.html?Open Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390

Re: RPMs to keep/purge after installation

2005-06-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Matt, We've just done an install of a golden image of SLES9 almost completely by the From LPAR to Virtual Servers in Two Days book. Cool, good to hear. ... If we start getting rid of these RPMs in an attempt to make the golden image as lean as possible, will this break stuff we may need

Re: SuSE SLES9 Samba / SWAT Problem

2005-06-22 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Breck, I believe SWAT is normally invoked via xinetd. First you have to modify the swat inetd config file: # cat /etc/xinetd.d/swat # SWAT is the Samba Web Administration Tool. service swat { socket_type = stream protocol= tcp wait= no

Redbook From LPAR to Virtual Servers in Two Days is available

2005-06-21 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello list, The redbook z/VM and Linux on zSeries: From LPAR to Virtual Servers in Two Days is on the Web (finally! 52 days late) at: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246695.html The files associated with this book are on the Web at: ftp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG246695/ The book

Re: SAMBA questions

2005-06-15 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello, folks. I've just joined this list and it's the first time I have used a list server so please forgive any breaches of protocol and etiquette. No fear, folks are friendly here. Our client uses SAMBA for file and print on an NT4 domain and we are working on migration to Active

Re: SAMBA questions

2005-06-15 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Support for nested groups in Samba3 is fairly new. Mind link wrap... http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetCommand.ht ml#id2563921 OK, I stand corrected ... thank you Daniel Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: SAMBA questions

2005-06-15 Thread Michael MacIsaac
We are?!? We are, apparently until accused of being so :)) Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message:

Re: XVNC/VNC server strangeness

2005-06-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
James, I get that wire frame skelton thing that allows you to place the window before it really opens. This is the behavior of twm which is the tiny window manager (I'm trying to think of a more descriptive adjective than tiny :)). I'd recommend a different window manager. Some people like

Re: RHEL 4

2005-06-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
I made a minimal installation (i.e. no X I always try to use minimal install for SLES9 which includes enough packages to run X clients. However, RHEL4 minimal is just a bit too minimal. Let's face it eventually you will need to run an X app so it's convenient to have the rat's nest of X packages

Re: SUSE SLES 9 default runlevel change from 3 to 5

2005-05-25 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Leonard, I am wondering that suse had changed the default runlevel from 3 (sles7 sles8) to 5 (sles9). If you install a minimal system, I don't think there is a difference between 3 and 5: # chkconfig --list | grep 3:on runlevel3 # chkconfig --list | grep 5:on runlevel5 # diff runlevel3

Re: Vserver in 2 days Redbook

2005-05-25 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, the process works very well. Good to hear! I do have several questions: 1) I need to support both 31bit and 64bit linux. How do I leverage my current 31bit structure to support 64bit cloning process. I would recommend creating a new 64-bit controller. It will require more disk

Adding a new interface to a RHEL4 system

2005-05-24 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello list, Has anyone been able to add a second interface to a RHEL4 system? I am trying to add an eth1. I have a other QDIO triplets defined besides the primary triplet being used by eth0. For example, the VM user ID name TEAMA has virtual device 1600 as the starting device address of a VSWITCH

Re: SLES9 Install with FTP under VM question

2005-05-24 Thread Michael MacIsaac
David, Before you put the kernel and RAMdisk did you do: ftp bin ftp site fix 80 Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: Adding a new interface to a RHEL4 system

2005-05-24 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Dave, Thanks, that did it. I was missing the command: # echo 0.0.1600,0.0.1601,0.0.1602 /sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/qeth/group There is some good reference info in that Appendix F. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: FBA device driver

2005-05-20 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, One item worth pointing out: 9. modprope dasd_diag_mod I believe the diagnose driver will work on a 31-bit SLES9, but not on a 64-bit version, which must use the FBA driver. 17. joe kerneladd dasd_diag_mod to INITRD_MODULES INITRD_MODULES=jbd ext3 dasd_diag_mod So then this

Re: Samba 3 joining company ADC.

2005-05-19 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Brandon, Not that I've done much with Samba3 and kerberos, but ... Did you set up /etc/krb5.conf? Someone who got it working told me this configuration file was crucial and sent a sample: [libdefaults] default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM clockskew = 600 [realms] EXAMPLE.COM = {

Re: FBA device driver

2005-05-19 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, The hint is right there: # mount -n -o remount,rw / Try that command and you should have your root file system read/write. Then the question is how to repair your system so it at least boots. It sounds like your DASD got out of sync, so that what was /dev/dasdc is no longer /dev/dasdc.

Re: New Samba 3.0 users

2005-05-04 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, ... must be added to Linux as a Linux user, Samba share and in the SMBPASSWD file (using smbpasswd as the backend, no LDAP etc, yet). I will agree with the Linux user and smbpasswd, but not the Samba share. The special [homes] section exists to avoid having to create separate shares in

Re: Installing Sles9 with sp1

2005-04-30 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, Is this a case where Linux will be installed with SP1 all ready applied? Yes, you should see: # uname -a Linux eslm91 2.6.5-7.97-s390 #1 SMP Fri Jul 2 14:21:59 UTC 2004 s390 s390 s390 GNU/Linux If so, neat! Yes, indeed. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: Samba 2.2.x to 3.0.x migration

2005-04-19 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Darren, I am wanting to have the *** new *** Samba server authenticate against an LDAP server on a different image? Is that possible or should I have both services (ldap, samba) on the same linux image? This is a tricky setup, but SLES9 makes it easier with OpenLDAP and yast modules. First a

Re: Samba 2.2.x to 3.0.x migration

2005-04-19 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Darren, What about migrating existing machine accounts to LDAP. Is there a script of some sort that will make life easier so I don't have to make the machines rejoin the domain? padl.com has some migration utilities, but they read /etc/passwd, /etc/group/ as I recall. I don't know of a

Re: Sles9 install

2005-04-08 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Robert, 3) Selected SAMBA as install source. Does the LPAR have have access to a Linux Intel server (or even Solaris, AIX, ...)? If so, I describe how to set up a SLES9 install tree served via NFS in chapter 5 of the redbook z/VM and Linux on zSeries: From LPAR to Virtual Servers in Two Days,

Re: Double Gateway on zLinux

2005-04-06 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Is it possibile to have 2 different default gw, each per interface? From man routes: /etc/sysconfig/network/routes is used for every interface while /etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-config is used only for the network interface configuration stored in

Maximum cylinders in a 3390-27

2005-03-31 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hi list, Is anyone using mod-27s? If so, how many cylinders do they have? I have never had access to one, but that didn't stop me from briefly writing about it in a Managing Samba redpaper :(( In that paper it is documented that there are 32000 cylinders, which I must have found written

Re: virtual NIC (qeth0) begins to initialize adn then shuts down

2005-03-24 Thread Michael MacIsaac
However, during the boot cycle, the virtual NIC (qeth0) begins to initialize, then shuts itself down. A shot in the dark: Is this NIC coupled to a VSWITCH for which you forgot to SET VSWITCH name GRANT userid? Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: How to determine if you are running on 31 or 64 bit system

2005-03-24 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Is there a simple way to determine if you are running on a 64-bit system? # uname -m s390x Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: SLES9 - install problem - logging in

2005-03-22 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, The symptoms you describe sound vaguely familiar. Did you perform the second half of the SLES9 install? After you IPL from reader/tape, you answer networking questions, bring up the graphical install and format DASD, partition disks, choose RPMs and then they are laid down onto DASD.

Re: SLES9 - install problem - logging in

2005-03-22 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, You are correct - I have not done the 2nd half. At the end of the 1st half YAST does not give me any choice During the intall questions, when you get to the prompt: Which terminal do want to use? 1) X-Window 2) VNC (VNC-Client or Java enabled Browser) 3) ssh Do you enter 1

Re: Samba V3 on zSeries Redpiece

2005-03-21 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Daniel, Chris, Our optimal configuration included: 1 MB of Memory ...? Whoa! Cool! That is what I call resource friendly! ;) Unfortunately there is no new zSeries technology that compresses 125 bytes into each storage bit. :(( That should be 1 GB - I have contacted the authors/ITSO.

Re: linux connectivity issues in SLES9

2005-03-21 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Lior, Are there ant redbooks dealing with the migration? I'm not sure how much migration is dealt with, but the redpaper: Networking Overview for Linux on zSeries, REDP-3901-00, is new and very well done (it was reviewed better than some other redpapers that come to mind :)). It is on the Web

Re: Mono 1.1.4 RPMs for S/390

2005-03-18 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Does someone have an example of why this is so good that Gneale is spending so much time on it? I feel uncomfortable when I have not even looked at it when he is so interested in it... I heard Miguel de Icaza speak on mono at LinuxWorld in NYC in either 02 or 03. He said words to the effect of

Re: SLES9 Install problems again

2005-03-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, If I enter in /data/sles9root, then I can load the ram disk. But I wonder if yast can handle the /data/sles9root or if it is also looking for /sles9root? The SuSE Architecture Specific Information manual says: INST_IP_DIR=/s390 Enter a directory on the installation server, which holds

Re: SLES 8 vs 9 Install and vswitch config

2005-03-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Channon, Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, so it looks like I am experiencing the mentioned bug in the OSA card. I got this from the guys who found the bug: The microcode level that will contain the fix is 6.26. It will be MCL07 at driver 55 EC J13477. They told me this fix is now

Re: SLES9 Install problems again

2005-03-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, I then tried using a mount with loop to mount the iso images. Same problem with media error. Did you run md5sum -c against an MD5SUM file? The Novell server has been known to modify bytes upon download. If not you can cut and paste. For 31-bit CDs: # cat MD5SUM.sles9

Re: SLES 8 vs 9 Install and vswitch config

2005-03-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Mark, Is this on a z890 / z990? I just retrieved and installed new maintenance on my z800 and did not see that EC listed. We are on a z990. You're in an area that I don't tread, but I'll try to answer. The guy who maintains our LPARs sent some HMC screen shots stating that we have the EC.

Re: SLES 8 vs 9 Install and vswitch config

2005-03-08 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Freeing unused kernel memory: 108k freed Also, how large is your virtual machine? It should be at least 384M Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: SLES 8 vs 9 Install and vswitch config

2005-03-05 Thread Michael MacIsaac
I am able to install SLES 8 31-bit on a configured guest. When I try to install SLES 9 31 or 64 bit over the same guest, the install fails when trying to ping the gateway. This may the same issue I've seen. It is always during a SLES install and it is preceeded (about one 3270 screen earlier)

Re: Redhat 3 under VM

2005-02-25 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Larry, the doc I used to set it up was called z/VM VSWITCH with failover If you want a copy let me know and I will e-mail it to you. Is this perhaps the one on http://linuxvm.org/present/misc/vswitch.pdf ? In a sense, linuxvm.org is an extension to this list server, so that's probably the best

Re: SLES 9 ISO mount structure, not sure?

2005-02-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Greg, Below is a little shell script I use for my sles9 mounts: ... Are you able to serve that tree via NFS as well as FTP/local, or do you use FTP/local only? I have found that NFS exports do not cross mount points and thus a tree of loopback mounts cannot be served via NFS. But perhaps you

Re: SLES9 Installation

2005-02-18 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, Should they be sles9/CD1 sles9/CD1 core9/CD1 core9/CD1 Yes, I'm guessing the leading slash is a bug. If so, sorry. Did you try without it? Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390

Re: Slackware S390 formatting dasd

2005-02-17 Thread Michael MacIsaac
John, I have tried everything except doing a ICKDSF CP format. Is this what is needed? I would guess yes. If you do a cat /proc/dasd/devices, does /dev/dasdb come up in a state of unknown? I've run into this from time to time and that is when a CPFMTXA FORMAT will solve the problem. It

Re: Problem Installing SusE 9

2005-02-17 Thread Michael MacIsaac
What directory structure did you use? /mnt/cd1 /mnt/cd2 /mnt/cd3 ??? I updated the document I wrote about this on: http://www.mikemacisaac.com/configureNFS.pdf The script now requires an argument: s390 for a 31-bit SLES9 or s390x for a 64-bit. It is on: http://www.mikemacisaac.com/mksles9root

Re: Problem Installing SusE 9

2005-02-16 Thread Michael MacIsaac
I'm trying to installing Suse9 from the ZVM Please specify the installation Source: 1) NFS 2) SAMBA 3) FTP 0) Abort I chose FTP and the getting What did you enter for the host and directory? Can you FTP to that host as anonymous and change to that directory? If so, what are it's

Re: FTP not active on z/VM 4.4 system

2005-02-16 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Larry, PORT 20 TCP FTPSERVE NOAUTOLOG ; FTP SERVER 21 TCP FTPSERVE; FTP SERVER Adding three lines: AUTOLOG FTPSERVE 0 ENDAUTOLOG before those lines cited in the system_id TCPIP file on TCPMAINT 198 has worked for me on my 5.1 system. Hope this helps. Mike

Re: Init script for starting oracle 9i on sles8?

2005-02-14 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hi list, A colleague asked me to append this Oracle init script - perhaps it will help: #!/bin/sh # # Run-level startup script for Oracle and Listener startup and shutdown # #Description: Run dbstart on boot and dbshut on shutdown of Linux ORA_HOME=/oradbf/O10g ORA_OWNER=oracle # check to see

Re: Why Zseries

2005-02-14 Thread Michael MacIsaac
I'll do the thinnin' around here, Baba Looey! And dn't you forget it! Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: Can't find default gateway during SLES 9 install

2005-02-11 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Patrick, Not sure I know how to set up the parm file. Do you have any notes on this? Here's a template that uses NFS to serve the SLES9 install tree, VNC to do the graphics, and assumes a qeth interface at addresses 600-602 (I used a NIC to a VSWITCH). Hopefully the variable names are

Re: comparison beetwen Linux and UNIX

2005-02-04 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Linux refers to a specific implementation of a POSIX-oriented operating system According to Richard Stallman, Linux refers to a kernel. It is GNU/Linux that refers to an operating system and at least the Debian folks honor that (from www.debian.org: Debian uses the Linux kernel, but most of the

Re: How to update an install tree for SLES9 and SLES9+SP1

2005-02-02 Thread Michael MacIsaac
With SP1, it looks like it has a CD1 and CD2. Don't those just replace the old RC5a.CD1 and RC5.CD2? I've been trying to answer this question correctly (more than to say no). I can't find where this is documented, so perhaps the SuSE folks want you to set this up through YaST. I believe the

Re: Can't find default gateway during SLES 9 install

2005-02-02 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Warning: The gateway address 10.131.150.254 did not ping. I may know this one - we have seen it here in POK. If it's the same issue it is always during a SLES install and it is preceeded by the message: HCPIPN2833E IP address is already registered. The guys who dug into this believe there may

How to update an install tree for SLES9 and SLES9+SP1

2005-01-28 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hi List, For a SLES9 install tree: blanked out the \t from the files yast/instorder; yast/order. I was thinking about this and the tab characters should probably be in those two files. Someone pointed out earlier that the correct fix is probably to use echo -e so escaped characters (\t) are

Re: How to update an install tree for SLES9 and SLES9+SP1

2005-01-28 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, For SP1 upgrade, I used the following procedure: Thanks for the append. That is how to upgrade a SLES9 image to SLES9+SP1. What I am looking for is how to create a merged SLES9+SP1 install tree, so the next time you install the new image it is at that level and don't have to upgrade.

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, I did have to change one little thing: blanked out the \t from the files yast/instorder; yast/order. Yup, got it. Thanks. I was able to successfully install a base SLES9 on z/VM . Great! Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, I put it up on http://mikemacisaac.com/mksles9root I replaced the \t with two spaces in two places in mk_symbolic_links function as suggested by Ismael. I'll be honest - I haven't tested the change (I will eventually get to that), but somehow I get the feeling it will work either way.

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, How do I integrate the recently released SLES9 SP1 yast - software - Patch CD update It's documented (for SLES8 and SP3 at least) in the zDomino redbook: SG24-7021. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 --

Re: Samba and Apache Crash System

2005-01-21 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, We are running a RedHat 7-point-something system with Samba and Apache. When we are loading files via Samba and someone is looking at (changing?) the same file with Apache, the kernel crashes. I remember a kernel oops with Samba, but I believe it was SLES-7. Apache was not involved. As

Re: Any caveats moving root filesystem to LVM?

2005-01-21 Thread Michael MacIsaac
At IPL how will the Suse initrd find the Volume group and mount the root file system? I don't think it can. We boot from a 100 cyl /boot fs and have a logical volume mounted over /. Maybe the easiest way is to try this type of migration is to play tricks with minidisks: - Shut down the Linux to

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-21 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, I'm trying to use yast to setup the install server I put up a draft chapter as a PDF at http://mikemacisaac.com/configureNFS.pdf - I hope this will help. It details the steps around the mkinstallroot script I posted a while back and how to make the tree available via NFS. I've at least

Re: Active Directory and Linux time source

2005-01-13 Thread Michael MacIsaac
James, I'll add my two cents, but I'll first add the disclaimer that I've read and written about this, but don't use it in production from day to day (so add two grains of salt to the two cents :)) All the documentation they have shown me indicates that it can get time from an SNTP time source

Re: cmsfs

2005-01-07 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Gordon, Has anyone done anything about getting Rick Troth's cmsfs module to work on SLES9 yet? We found that the RPM cmsfs-1.1-0.s390.rpm seems to work. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390

Re: cmsfs

2005-01-07 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Mark, Does that RPM only contain the utility programs, or does it also have the kernel module? # rpm -qip cmsfs-1.1-0.s390.rpm Name: cmsfsRelocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.1 Vendor: (none) Release : 0

Re: cmsfs

2005-01-07 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Rick, PLEASE instead get the source and build it. Tried that - the source doesn't seem to build on SLES-9. Could I build 1.1.8 on SLES-8 and run the executables on SLES-9? Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 --

Re: Samba 3.x install

2005-01-05 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Martha, Now, I want to see if I can move to Samba 3.x as I need PAM authentication. Samba 2.x can do PAM authentication - see my SHARE charts on Samba. If you want to go to Samba 3, I'd recommend SLES9. You can build Samba 3 manually on SLES8, but it's a bit of work and I'm not sure it is worth

Re: ftp question, not really Linux

2004-12-29 Thread Michael MacIsaac
John, I cannot use NFS, Samba, netcat, ... . Well, the remote system is a Windows system. Why can't you use SMB to a Windows system? This places my report directly on the Windows server. Yup, SMB does that. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: Can Linux Console be Spooled?

2004-12-29 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Is there any way to do this? script Type script - do your stuff - type exit and the file typescript is created. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Using VSWITCH and OSA

2004-12-15 Thread Michael MacIsaac
The single VSWITCH solution requires that both OSA's are in the same subnet, right? And hence the same gateway? Yes Must be some more limitations I can think of (Multipath workload balancing I already mentioned) I can't think of any, but I'll defer to the networking gurus on the list. Mike

Re: Using VSWITCH and OSA

2004-12-15 Thread Michael MacIsaac
If you have two OSA cards why would you want to use VSWITCH High Availability rather than a full network High Availability solution? Because it's a *lot* easier to configure? Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 --

Re: Open LDAP: TLS problems - forwarded mail

2004-12-06 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ranga, We need to install Samba and join that with Active Directory, which requires Kerberos and Open LDAP. We have a problem installing TLS certificate. Anyone travelled this road before? Only briefly, but I did discover that the install process has added the ability to create certificates

Re: SLES9 Evaulation Download - ISO problems?

2004-11-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ken, Did anyone else have trouble with the ISO images? Yeah I did on CDs 1, 2 and 5. I copied and pasted together an md5sum file (it seems there must be exactly two spaces between the checksum and the file name). This is strange: # ls -l *.iso -rw--- 1 mikem zntc 520445346 Nov 22 16:09

cmsfs on 2.6?

2004-11-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Does the cmsfs package (1.1.8) build on the 2.6 kernel (SLES9)? I got an error from ./configure: cmsfssed.sh: this release of Linux is not supported! Thanks. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 -- For LINUX-390

Re: cmsfs on 2.6?

2004-11-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Edit cmsfs-1.1.8/cmsfssed.sh and add 2.6* to the list of valid kernels (~ line 90) We did that which allowed configure to run, but make modules failed to find a lock.h file. It does seem the executables on ftp://ftp.bmc.com/pub/cmsfs/Linux-s390/ work. Thanks. Where is that package from? The

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