From warrentaylor at sbcglobal.net Thu Jan 18 23:15:24 2007 From: warrentaylor at sbcglobal.net (warrentaylor at sbcglobal.net) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:15:24 -0800 Subject: Installing RHEL4 to a VM guest Message-ID: <000601c73b56$8afde5f0$4001a8c0@OfficeDesktop> Hi, I've got to say that this is not a trivial task. I've managed to get the IPL the kernel in a VM guest and can telnet into the installation program from a linux workstation but I can only get so far as selecting an installation type. My choices are NFS, FTP, HTTP, or DASD. I've got the .iso images on CDs but my problem is now how to get them onto the vm guest (now running the install program). As far as I can tell from the available documentation (I will not expound on my frustration at this point) I must BE a server for the first three methods and I'm not. That leaves DASD as an install method and from what I can tell (gurgle) I must somehow move the .iso files to the VM guest. Where to put them and how to get them, however, remains a mystery. So, my question is: how do I move the .iso files to VM and are .iso files OK or do they somehow have to be extractetd into the RPMS, etc. in order for this to work. Where do I put them? How does dasdb1 and dasdc1 play into this? Is there ANY documentation suited to a mainframer anywhere out there? wow! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From borgan at redhat.com Fri Jan 19 16:23:58 2007 From: borgan at redhat.com (Brock Organ) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:23:58 -0500 Subject: Installing RHEL4 to a VM guest In-Reply-To: <000601c73b56$8afde5f0$4001a8c0@OfficeDesktop> References: <000601c73b56$8afde5f0$4001a8c0@OfficeDesktop> Message-ID: <1169223838.3718.5.camel@test143.test.redhat.com> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 15:15 -0800, warrentaylor at sbcglobal.net wrote: > I've managed to get the IPL the kernel in a VM guest and can telnet > into the installation program from a linux workstation but I can only > get so far as selecting an installation type. > > My choices are NFS, FTP, HTTP, or DASD. > > I've got the .iso images on CDs but my problem is now how to get them > onto the vm guest (now running the install program). Hi Warren, My info comes from here: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/s390-multi-install-guide/s1-steps-network-installs.html#S2-STEPS-NETWORK-INSTALL-ISO Basically, you will need to set up a remote "Installation Server" that provides the ISO images via NFS, FTP or HTTP ... then, when you IPL your VM guest, you will point it to the Installation Server, then the installer will be able to start the installation process ... HTH, Brock > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-s390-list mailing list > Redhat-s390-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-s390-list From mark.post at eds.com Mon Jan 29 21:44:37 2007 From: mark.post at eds.com (Post, Mark K) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:44:37 -0500 Subject: Installing RHEL4 to a VM guest In-Reply-To: <000601c73b56$8afde5f0$4001a8c0@OfficeDesktop> Message-ID: Well, you're almost right. You don't need to "be" a server, but you must "have" a server for the first three methods. The fact that you're using a Linux workstation tells me that you have a potential server sitting on your desk. If you can get from your VM system to your workstation on port 80 or 21/20, you're all set. If that's not possible, then to get your installation files on DASD, you'll need to: 1. IPL a starter kernel, parmfile and initrd 2. See if you can run dasdfmt, fdasd, and mke2fs from the installer 3. Mount the new file system 4. Copy all the files from the CDs to the file system you just created. Now, the Red Hat installer isn't going to let you do any of that unless you can establish network connectivity to your Linux workstation. If you could do that, you wouldn't be using this method in the first place. So, I recommend downloading one of my Slack/390 installation kernels and initrds, and using that to do the setup I listed above. After that, you should be able to start the Red Hat installation process. Mark Post ________________________________ From: redhat-s390-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-s390-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of warrentaylor at sbcglobal.net Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:15 PM To: redhat-s390-list at redhat.com Subject: Installing RHEL4 to a VM guest Hi, I've got to say that this is not a trivial task. I've managed to get the IPL the kernel in a VM guest and can telnet into the installation program from a linux workstation but I can only get so far as selecting an installation type. My choices are NFS, FTP, HTTP, or DASD. I've got the .iso images on CDs but my problem is now how to get them onto the vm guest (now running the install program). As far as I can tell from the available documentation (I will not expound on my frustration at this point) I must BE a server for the first three methods and I'm not. That leaves DASD as an install method and from what I can tell (gurgle) I must somehow move the .iso files to the VM guest. Where to put them and how to get them, however, remains a mystery. So, my question is: how do I move the .iso files to VM and are .iso files OK or do they somehow have to be extractetd into the RPMS, etc. in order for this to work. Where do I put them? How does dasdb1 and dasdc1 play into this? Is there ANY documentation suited to a mainframer anywhere out there? wow! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simonwil at au1.ibm.com Tue Jan 30 21:02:20 2007 From: simonwil at au1.ibm.com (Simon Williams) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:02:20 +1100 Subject: Out of Office notification for Simon Williams Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 25/01/2007 and will not return until 05/02/2007. For urgent matters please contact my manager Philip MacLochlainn ( pmacloch at au1.ibm.com ) or +61 2 9478-8043.