On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:35:50 -0400 (EDT), anandhcoe wrote: > > Thanks for your valuable thoughts... I have nearly followed all your > steps in installing Debian Linux on Z/VM.. > > In my case, I am using FTP as the method to access the installation media. > The problem is I am unable to specify the Username/Password to access our > FTP server.
It sounds to me like what you have done is create some kind of "in-house" FTP server. Again, how are you going to get security and volatile updates if you don't have access to the internet? But ignoring that problem for the moment, what the Debian installer wants to connect to is a *Debian mirror*. A list of public Debian mirrors is available here: http://www.debian.org/mirrors/list You can choose any of those which support the FTP protocol and the s390 architecture, provided you enter the correct domain name and directory path, and provided that you entered the IP address of a DNS server during network configuration that can resolve the name. (If that's the issue, take a look at the TCPIP DATA file on your VM system and look at the NSINTERADDR statement(s) for the IP address(es) of DNS server(s).) It is possible to create an in-house Debian mirror and point the installer to that, but it doesn't sound like that's what you've done. > I have attached screenshots of what I have done so far. > Kindly help proceed > further. I don't have any software installed that can process .odt files. How about plain text? (In PuTTY, you can copy the current screen to the clipboard as follows: (1) click on the "icon button" in the upper left-hand corner of the title bar. From the drop-down menu, click on "Clear Scrollback", then repeat the process, clicking on "Copy All to Clipboard" this time. The resulting text can then be pasted in an e-mail.) Here's an example from my PuTTY session: ----- login as: steve st...@10.14.80.48's password: Linux debian3 2.6.32-5-s390x #1 SMP Wed Aug 25 13:56:36 UTC 2010 s390x The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You have new mail. Last login: Wed Sep 15 10:42:06 2010 from 10.14.91.79 st...@debian3:~$ ----- The above was extracted from PuTTY via the method described. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-s390-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/104733069.25464.1284645808599.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com