I did encounter similar problem installing RedHat Linux 5.4. The installer was not reading the Conf/PARM(?) file and was prompting for the values to be entered. The installer bug, apparently, shows up when the guest had only one virtual CPU defined and the work around, at least for me, was to define 2 virtual CPUs just for the installation. If this work around solves your issue then do remember to take off unnecessary virtual CPU after the installation/upgrade.
Regards, Ashwin Bhemidhi -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Duggan Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 10:27 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: SLES11 PARMFILE entries not being read correctly I'm posting here since the initial execution of the SLES 11 upgrade happe= ns in a z/VM virtual machine prior to establishing a Linux session. Apologies if this is inappropriate; I will post to the Linux 390 list if needed (I'm having major difficulties posting to ANY list, so I'm not even going to attempt cross/multiple postings <g>) So, on to the issue....... I saw in an earlier post(sometime last year) someone having a *similar* problem as I am : The user was supplying values for Portname and NameServer, but still gett= ing prompts during the install. The response to the user was to supply a null value in the PARMFILE for t= he two parameters in question, and to supply "0" (or "1" depending on the configuration of the card) for Portno= as this could possibly suppress = the prompt for the DNS server. My issue is that I'm supplying a null value for portname as it is not defined on the card, and I am supplying an address for NameServer and sti= ll receiving prompts. I'm reading through Section 4.4 The parmfile - Automating the System Configuration in the SLES 11 Deployment Guide, and not seeing anything ab= out how to supply null values. This isn't a show-stopper, but I'm looking to completely automate this portion of the SLES 11 install. If it doesn't happen, c'est le vie..... Thanks! -Tom
