On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 11:18 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Ian S. Worthington wrote: > > According to Redhat's documentation it should be possible to ipl the install > > dvd in RESCUE mode. However when I try it seems to go into install mode, > > asking me for my ctc addresses: > > Why do you think that is a problem? >
Yep, you have to answer the initial networking questions (because there's no CONF to reference). Afterwards, instead of launching the installer, rescue mode will start. Note that you can do this through z/VM by just adding 'rescue' to the PARM file. > > > > > 22:12:53 Starting the zSeries initrd to configure networking. Version is 1.1 > > 22:12:55 Which kind of network device do you intend to use > > 22:12:55 (e.g. ctc, iucv, qeth, lcs). > > 22:12:55 Enter 'qeth' for OSA-Express Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet > > 22:12:55 (including 1000Base-T), High Speed Token Ring, and ATM > > 22:12:55 (running Ethernet LAN emulation) features in QDIO mode. > > 22:12:55 Enter 'lcs' for OSA 2 Ethernet/Token Ring, OSA-Express Fast > > Ethernet > > in > > 22:12:55 non-QDIO mode, OSA-Express High Speed Token Ring in non-QDIO mode > > and > > 22:12:55 Gigabit Ethernet in non-QDIO mode. > > > > It has confirmed: > > > > 22:10:47 Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000 > > rescue > > > > So I'm assuming that its happy with my ins file: > > > > * minimal lpar ins file > > g:/images/kernel.img 0x00000000 > > g:/images/initrd.img 0x00800000 > > D:/zcentos/rescue/rescue.prm 0x00010480 > > > > and prm: > > > > root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000 rescue > > > > > > (If its relevant I have detached my disks as I don't want them to be > > accidentally written to.) > > > > Anyone know how to boot this in RESCUE mode? > > > > > > > > ian > > ... > > > > Ian S. Worthington, MBCS. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Advice > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > You cannot reply off-list:-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Brad Hinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sr. Support Engineer Lead, System z Red Hat, Inc. (919) 754-4198 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
