Robert, Not really. The wget command works nicely for that: wget -m ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/s390/images wget -m ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/s390/RedHat/
and you're done. If your download gets interrupted in the middle, you only have to download those files that weren't already finished instead of the whole 600MB+ (wget figures that out for you). Once downloaded, you can burn a CD if you want to free up the space again. I have wget installed on my MS desktop and use it for a lot of things. It's nice having a choice, I agree, but for a lot of reasons, not having .iso files available doesn't really bother me at all. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Nix, Robert P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problem installing Red Hat rawhide 7.2 on vm The problem is that you have to go through the directory tree and download all the individual files or directories. An .iso file would allow you to do a single FTP command and get the complete set. I do have enough room on my PC for the files, but first, I don't plan on tying up that space long term (there're lots of .iso files that can be downloaded... :) and second, I'd like to be sure I've not missed anything, and downloading two or three .iso files beats downloading hundreds of individual files. Note to RedHat: Your two competitors have .iso files on their sites. They were easy to download, I know that I have all the necessary files, and I have copies of them for our trial. Your site has individual files and no .iso's. I don't have a copy of your Linux for our trial. Which do you think I'm going to use for our trial of Linux on the mainframe. When the trial's over, if we decide to run with the ball, do you think we'll choose one of the vendors we've tried, or one we haven't. Think about it. ---- Robert P. Nix internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 200 1st St. SW page: 507-255-3450 Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." > -----Original Message----- > From: Post, Mark K [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Problem installing Red Hat rawhide 7.2 on vm > > Robert, > > Not at this point. Florian was considering doing it for the rawhide > stuff, > but he didn't mention anything about the GA code. From my perspective, if > you've got enough disk space on your PC to download a .iso file, you've > got > enough room to download all the RPMs and use that machine to serve them up > for the installation. One of the big advantages of the Red Hat installer > is > that it will work with any kind of FTP server. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nix, Robert P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Problem installing Red Hat rawhide 7.2 on vm > > > The link you gave has the s390 redhat files, but is there possibly another > link that would have all the files in an .iso format that could be cut to > a > local CD to avoid the need for a connection to the outside world? > > ---- > Robert P. Nix internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 > 200 1st St. SW page: 507-255-3450 > Rochester, MN 55905 > ---- > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, > but in practice, theory and practice are different." > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Post, Mark K [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:00 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Problem installing Red Hat rawhide 7.2 on vm > > > > Dave, > > > > Red Hat's rawhide stuff is not guaranteed to work at all. Red Hat does > > make > > their GA code available for free download, without any support at all, > and > > without any support costs at all. I would seriously recommend taking a > > look > > at that before spending too much time trying to figure out why something > > from rawhide isn't working. > > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/s390/ > > > > Mark Post > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Sandey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:36 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Problem installing Red Hat rawhide 7.2 on vm > > > > > > i have tried a number of times to install the rawhide version of > > Red Hat 7.2 (I'm working with the rawhide version to do a proof of > > concept and there's no money for a support contract). > > I'm installing as a vm guest on a 9672-r36. > > the loader always hangs at processing rmp file initscripts-6.43-la. > > th package installation screen just shows the red bar half way across. > > this time i noticed the following messages on the vm console after all > > of the disk format messages... > > > > illegal operation: 0001 > > CPU: 0 > > Process kupdated (pid: 8, stackpage=00C37000) > > > > Kernel PSW: 070c0000 80000002 Not tainted > > task: 00c36000 ksp: 00c37e08 pt_regs: 00c37d70 > > Kernel GPRS: > > 00000000 00000000 0050ca18 00162078 > > 00000001 00000099 00000004 072399d8 > > 00000001 072399cc 072399bc 0050ca30 > > 0050ca18 80036bb0 80036d54 00c37e08 > > Kernel ACRS: > > 40030fa0 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > Kernel BackChain CallChain > > 00c37e08 <00036d06>Y > > 00c37e70 <0006827c>Y > > 00c37ed0 <0005342c>Y > > 00c37f30 <00053884>Y > > 00c37fa0 <00015504>Y > > > > CP Q V STOR > > STORAGE = 0128M > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > From: Dave Sandey > > VM Technical Development Voice: 416-510-6164 Id: TORINFO(DSANDEY) > > Sears Canada Inc. Fax: 416-510-2304 > > 100 Valleybrook Dr, North York Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
