>>> On 2/13/2009 at 1:01 PM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> wrote: -snip- > Eh? The OSA (real or virtual) already has a MAC address. You aren't > required to ifconfig a MAC address to bring up an OSA with Layer 2, so why > does the install want one? (The drivers extract the burned-in or > otherwise currently set MAC address.)
Perhaps so it can know just which one you want to use. The whole point of the parmfile is to specify everything that is needed to get the right network parms set up on the right hardware and accessing the right network installation source. > (And why is the parameter specific to OSA? *OSA*HWaddr? Other platforms > have MACs, too.) No other platform has a parmfile read in from the z/VM virtual reader. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
