Eric, If you're running on an MP3K, it might be easiest to see if you can grab control of the Ethernet card for a while, until you can get the install completed. If not, then you're talking about connecting your Linux/390 system to your PROD LPAR. From the way you phrased that, I'm guessing you're running OS/390 or z/OS there. You'll need to define a CTC connection between the two systems. You'll have to have the MVS system forward the IP traffic to your Linux/390 system. This will mean TCP/IP changes on the MVS system. You'll have to let the rest of your network know how to get to the Linux/390 system. This will entail either static routes in your routers, or running a routing protocol service on MVS that will advertise the routes to the rest of the network. (Is this starting to sound like a big pain yet?) Try to make sure that your Linux/390 system is in a different subnet than your MVS system is in. Otherwise you're going to have routing problems from that.
I'm don't believe the versions of Red Hat and SuSE that can be downloaded contain the CLAW driver. You'll have to get the source and compile it on your newly installed system. I don't know if SLES8 contains a CLAW driver or not. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Eric Bielefeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Network Connectivity to Linux I will be doing the install this weekend of an IOCDS to support Linux. Then I will be ready so start installing Linux. I still don't understand how I'm going to put this in our network. We have a Cisco Router, which has 16 addresses available on our MP3000 on an Escon channel. I guess I need a Claw driver for that, but until I install the Claw driver, I'm kind of confused as to how I get connectivity to the network. We have TCPIP running in our PROD Lpar. I gather I can use that somehow, but I'm not sure how. Any advice? I don't like the MP3000 console's console support. I'm planning on downloading a distribution from RedHat. After talking to our Unix guy here, he thought I would learn a lot more by doing it that way than ordering a distribution. I may change my mind though. This list is great! A lot like the IBM-Main list I also subscribe to. I set IBM-Main to NOMAIL as the 2 lists were way too many emails each day. Eric Bielefeld Sr. MVS Systems Programmer P&H Mining Equipment Milwaukee, WI 414-671-7849 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++ This electronic mail transmission contains information from P & H Mining Equipment which is confidential, and is intended only for the use of the proper addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately at the return address on this transmission, or by telephone at (414) 671-4400, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Unauthorized use, copying, disclosing, distributing, or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this transmission is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++
