A config file with all the prompts and responses is what you're looking for. Something like this
RAMDISK_SIZE=98304 ROOT=/DEV/RAM1 RO INIT=/LINUXRC TERM=DUMB HostIP=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn Hostname=host.domain Gateway=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn Nameserver=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn InstNetDev=osa Netmask=255.255.255.0 Broadcast=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn OsaInterface=qdio OsaMedium=eth ReadChannel=0.0.0100 WriteChannel=0.0.0101 DataChannel=0.0.0102 portname=SWCH1 Install=http://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/sles10-sp2 OSAHWAddr='' PortNo=0 Usevnc=1 layer2=1 vncpassword=password On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Tom Duggan <dugg...@emigrant.com> wrote: > I hope this gets through...(and a Hello! from a new member if it does!) > > I've been assigned a recent project of trying to automate > the initial responses of a SLES 11 upgrade to servers > running under z/VM 5.3. > > I'm trying to automate the replies up until the point in the > process where SSH is launched to start yast. > > I've tried PUSH and QUEUE without success. I'm more of a VM'er > than "Linuxite" and just looking for a nudge in the right direction. > > I'm working on a 3270 emulator macro (Passport PC to Host) at present, > which is a little tedious. > > What I'm seeing is after the guest machine's reader is IPL'd, CMS > goes away and we're in a Linux environment, no? > -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems
