Mark,
Both SuSE SLES 9 and RedHat 4 are good zLinux distributions and usually
include IBM's recommended modules.
Have you tried an NFS install? This works well on both SuSE and RH.
Betsie
Llewellyn, Mark wrote:
Thanks for the responses! We had looked into firewall problem as well as the
relative path name. Neither seem to be the issue here, unfortunately. We've
scrounged around the shop for a TCPIP guru and plan to drag them over here to
see what might be in the way. We're still sure it's something simple and
stupid.
Changing the subject somewhat: We're playing with a trial version of SLES9.
Eventually we're going to have to *groan* pay for Linux, and we were wondering
what the flavor of the month was. It appears that SuSE seems to have an edge
in the zVM world. Out of curiosity, what are most shops running?
We are also very interested in Linux management software, such as Aduva OnStage
and Levanta. We've seen both products demonstrated, and are impressed. Is
anyone out there using them? Any preferences?
Thanks very much for your guidance!
Mark Llewellyn
Visa USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:21 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: SLES9 on zVM 4.4 Install Issue
David's response about firewall rules is definitely worth looking into,
particularly since the IP address of your Linux/390 guest is different from any
of the other systems you've tried to reach the FTP server with.
The second note is that the path to the installation files on your FTP server _must_ be a relative
path, unless your FTP server puts you into a chroot environment, where your home directory looks
like it is "/" and not "/home/userid." If you mounted the installation files
underneath your home directory, then just specify ./remotecdrom and not /remotecdrom.
Mark Post
-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Llewellyn, Mark
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:27 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: SLES9 on zVM 4.4 Install Issue
Greetings - our issue is very similar to one posed by John Bohnsack back in Feb
05.
Simply put, we've been trying to persuade our SLES9 guest to see our FTP
server. We have an OSA Express card attached to the guest, and we fall down
through the SLES9 installation script, only to have our FTP session time out,
although it is able to ping it. The output from the script is below, and the
entered IP addresses and directory names are correct.
The odd thing: We're a TPF shop, and use VPARS to clone many instances of TPF for development. We ARE able to establish a connection with the FTP Server from a TPF session under zVM. But we get timeouts on our Linux guest (same VM).
We've tried swapping OSA cards/addresses, and SAMBA (same result).
We're Glow-in-the-Dark Newbies at this, and we're stumped. We have no doubt
this is something simple and probably stupid. Any guidance at all would be
greatly appreciated!
Here's a console fragment:
Please specify the installation Source:
1) NFS
2) SAMBA
3) FTP
0) Abort
Choice:
15:48:24 3
15:48:24
Please enter the IP-Number of the host providing the installation media:
15:49:26 10.172.43.21
15:49:26 PING 10.172.43.21 (10.172.43.21) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.172.43.21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=121 time=29.0 ms
15:49:27 64 bytes from 10.172.43.21: icmp_seq=2 ttl=121 time=28.9 ms
15:49:28 64 bytes from 10.172.43.21: icmp_seq=3 ttl=121 time=35.3 ms
--- 10.172.43.21 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2021ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 28.999/31.135/35.308/2.954 ms
Please enter the directory of the installation media:
15:49:34 Jul 29 22:49:34 suse in.telnetd[254]: connect from 10.0.55.13 (10.0.55.13)° 15:49:44 remotecdrom/
Is the following correct?
Installation Source: ftp
IP-Address: 10.172.43.21
Directory: /remotecdrom/
Yes/No:
15:49:48 y
15:49:48 Please enter the username for the FTP-access (for anonymous just press enter):
15:49:53
15:49:53 Please enter the password for the FTP-Access (for anonymous just press enter):
15:49:54
15:49:54 Is the following correct?
FTP User:
FTP Password:
Yes/No:
15:49:57 yes
15:52:28 Jul 29 22:52:28 suse in.telnetd[265]: connect from 10.0.55.13 (10.0.55.13)°
15:52:55 Jul 29 22:52:55 suse in.telnetd[267]: connect from 10.0.55.13 (10.0.55.13)°
15:53:07 ftp: connect: Connection timed out
FTP-Server or directory not acessable. Please check parameters.
Mark Llewellyn
Engineering
VM Systems Support
VISA
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