Chet: You'r right - RedHat built their kernel for stand-alone installation only, requiring the use of the HMC integrated console, whereas VIF is built to provide Linux images with a 3215 console. You need a kernel with 3215 support to install under VIF.
Romney On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 07:13:36 -0700 Chet Norris said: ><clip> >>. Any time you see a posting from Alan Altmark, or >>Romney White about some aspect of VM or VIF, pay particular attention, >>as they're intimately familiar with the product from the inside out. > >Sorry Romney, I sent the reply to a prior note before reading yours. >I've been talking to IBM, Endicott, and was echoing their conversation. > >> Rob van der Heij wrote: >> If you don't want to recompile the driver yourself first: >> >> echo '$TCPIP' > /proc/net/iucv/iucv0/username > >I'm not sure if I can do what you said. Not only can I not telnet into >the image, but I also cannot communicate with the image through any >console facility. The way I understand it RedHat assumes that the >install is going to be performed from a HMC console, and VIF defines >the console as a 3215 device for the image. There is some mis-match in >device types that prevents me from entering any commands when logged on >through VIF. > >===== >Chet Norris >Marriott International,Inc. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more >http://games.yahoo.com/
