Dave, Many people including myself ran into this very same problem. The short answer is that you need to use something other than a Windows based PC ftp server to serve up the SuSE CDs.
Linux is using some ftp extensions that Windows doesn't have. Try using a Linux PC with an ftp server instead, or any of the other supported SuSE install methods. Lonny -----Original Message----- From: Dave Coulstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Suse-Linux 2.2.16 install from CD media kit - problem Can anyone help me with the problem described below please? I can provide more information if required. I am attempting to install SuSE-Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 2.2.16 under VM/ESA 2.4.0 from the 3-CD media kit for evaluation purposes and I am following the installation procedures described in "Preparing for Installing SuSE Linux for S/390" (Linux-1001-01) and "Installing SuSE Linux for S/390" (Linux-1002-01) and also Simon Williams' paper "Building Linux Systems under IBM VM" (form no. REDP0120). The installation environment is a 128/256Mb virtual machine with the following 3380 minidisks: 191 (92 cyl), 292 (2654 cyl), 293 (300 cyl). The starter system boots successfully from the VM reader and the message "Welcome to SuSE Linux S/390 7.0" confirms this. I am using OSA-Ethernet (option 2) to access it and am able to Telnet into it and run YaST. The startup message "Linux version 2.2.16 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 SMP Fri Nov 3 09:38:59 GMT 2000" identifies the software release. I have chosen to use an FTP server as the method of installing from the CDs and get the following when checking the input parameters (apologies for the formatting) ... FTP Settings YaST Version 1.07.1 -- (c) 1994-2000 SuSE GmbH | | | FTP Server [Name|IP] :2.204.1.4 : | | Server directory :/cd/suse : | | [ ] Use Proxy? | | Proxy [Name|IP] :(no proxy) : | | [X] Default FTP Port? | | Port [Number] :21 : | | [ ] Anonymous FTP? | | Login :linux : | | Password :***** : | | Timeout [Seconds] :60 : | |+- Log: ---------------------------------------------------------------------+| ||Connecting to [2.204.1.4] || ||Check server directory... || ||/cd... || ||550 /cd/setup/descr: folder not found || ||File not found on server || ||/cd/suse... || ||Server directory is: /cd/suse || ||Closed connection to [2.204.1.4] || ||Settings Ok. || |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --+| F1=Help F5=Check F10=Ok Esc=Cancel On pressing F10 Yast accesses folder /cd/suse/setup/descr several times and displays the message "Note: found no kernel images on server!". A panel headed "Reading description files ..." is displayed containing the messages "Base system: unknown", "Source media: SuSE-Linux-US-S390 7.0.0-0", "1607 packages on installation medium...", etc. and then the main menu appears. If I select the "Load configurations" option here I get the message "There are no configurations available". I am thus unable to generate an instance which I can write to disk and boot from. I have checked the CDs using Windows Explorer and FTPing from VM and the Linux starter system and as far as I can tell all looks ok - the kernel images are there in /suse/images and descriptions in /suse/setup/descr. I can download objects in these directories to VM or the Linux starter system using FTP. As a further approach I have copied the contents of CD1 to the hard drive of the FTP server (into a directory called (Linux)and attempted the installation from there with similar results. Also copying the /suse/setup/descr directory to the linux directory removes the "folder not found" message when checking the ftp-server settings but does not cure the problem. Thanks, Dave Coulstock Systems Programmer Danzas Information Technology Tele: +44 (0)1784 871 398 Fax: +44 (0)1784 871 244
