I've seen that error with Suse when the ftp root isn't where the distribution files are.
For each of my distros I have a user that is chrooted to the appropriate installation directory. HTH Josh -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Kreuter Posted At: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:39 AM Posted To: Marist EDU Conversation: sles9 s390x installation woes Subject: sles9 s390x installation woes Hi: I'm trying on a z800 to do a SLES9 install. Trying both FTP and NFS method. No joy. The FTP method dies with (from VNC) a "cannot read package data from install media, media error?". Yet the linux box running the FTP server shows from its log that switching to the requested directory ../../tmp/dkk/ worked. The last event is a successful EPSV. I've included the contents of ../../tmp/dkk. NFS attempt fails on an ugly can't find MOUNT type of message. The remote NFS server works - successfully used from other linux nfs clients. Thanks for any help! Client "172.27.120.156", "230 Login successful." Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "PWD" Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "257 "/root"" Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD .." Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed."Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP pe ommand: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD .." Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD tmp" Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD dkk" Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD media.1" Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "EPSV" Tue Mar 1 12:10:14 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||56084|)" Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD /root" Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD .." Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD .." Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD tmp" Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "CWD dkk" Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "250 Directory successfully changed." Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP command: Client "172.27.120.156", "EPSV" Tue Mar 1 12:13:23 2005 [pid 7400] [root] FTP response: Client "172.27.120.156", "229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||55010|)" linux:/var/log # cd /tmp/dkk linux:/tmp/dkk # ls . INDEX.gz content media.1 .. LICENSE.TXT control.xml pubring.gpg ARCHIVES.gz README directory.yast suse COPYING README.DOS docu suse.ins COPYING.de SLES-LICENSE dosutils yast COPYRIGHT SuSEgo.ico gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc COPYRIGHT.de autorun.inf gpg-pubkey-9c800aca-39eef481.asc ChangeLog boot ls-lR.gz linux:/tmp/d ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390