> I am able to install SLES 8 31-bit on a configured guest. > When I try to install SLES 9 31 or 64 bit over the same guest, the > install fails when trying to ping the gateway. This may the same issue I've seen. It is always during a SLES install and it is preceeded (about one 3270 screen earlier) by the message:
HCPIPN2833E IP address is already registered. The guys who dug into this believe there may be a bug in the OSA card and we still don't have a fix. It may have to do with a race condition and thus is intermittent. The way we work around it is to keep trying. Set up a PARMFILE with all the appropriate networking variables set, if you don't have one already (it will save you a lot of typing). When you hit the error, just do a "#CP IPL 00C" to IPL the reader and start over. I usually get past it on the second or third try, but have gone up to eight. Here's an example PARMFILE: ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc TERM=dumb INST_PASSWORD=xxxxxx IP_ADDR=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn AUTOINSTALL=yes IP_HOST=xxxxxx.xxx.xxx IP_GATEWAY=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn IP_INTERFACE=qeth IP_MTU=1500 IP_NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IP_BROADCAST=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn READ_DEVNO=600 WRITE_DEVNO=601 DATA_DEVNO=602 PORTNAME=dontcare IP_DNS=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn INST_INFO=nfs INST_IP_ADDR=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn INST_IP_DIR=/nfs/sles9root INST_SCREEN=VNC VNC_PASSWORD=xxxxxx Hope this helps. "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
