A message with the option to continue would be better than an abend IMHO. BTW - using the GA version and an FTP install, I found that the installation will continue on happily from the point where it "hangs" once you put the rpm out onto the FTP server.
Regards, Steve Oswald On Tuesday 12 February 2002 11:23 am, you wrote: > Which distribution are you using (RedHat 7.2 GA, RC2 or the downloadable > version of GA) and is this under VM or in an LPAR? I'm running RC2 that > installed (initially, at least) with no real problems - but you MUST > remember to merge the two CD's into one big FTP directory or the install > will definitely fail. > > I saw a similar post by Peter Bishop earlier on this identifying a bug in > the 7.2 GA distribution that looks in the wrong place for a file which he > has identified a work around for. > > Note to RedHat: It would be GREAT if the install program, when unable to > find a particular file, abended with a meaningful message. If memory > serves me, it just loops forever trying to get the file it will never get. > Just a suggestion. :) > > Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer > Internal Revenue Service - Room 6030 > 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. > Washington, D.C. 20224 > > Voice: (202) 927-4188 FAX: (202) 622-6726 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fereshteh Jadidi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RedHat installation on s/390 problem > > > Hi there > Is there anybody who has installed RedHat 7.2 on s/390 successfully? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
