FYI - adding a null value like this OSAHWaddr="" or OSAHWaddr='' in the LINUX PARMLINE did not stop the prompt for MAC address>
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Mark Post <mp...@novell.com> wrote: > >>> On 2/13/2009 at 12:38 PM, Jihad K Kawkabani > <jihad_k_kawkab...@progressive.com> > wrote: > > I cross posted this to IBMVM and Linux on S390. > > > > Noticing a pause during the installation of SLES10 SP2 to a guest > > configured with a VSWITCH > > with VLANs. I have layer2 support set in the parm file and after IPLing > > from the reader, the guest > > is stuck at the MAC address prompt. Hitting the enter key moves the > guest > > to the name server > > prompt but that is set also in the parm file. Is this normal?? > > Yes. Once the installer has to prompt for information that was missing > from the parmfile, it then drops into manual mode, and will prompt for all > the remaining items it needs. If a value for those items was in the > parmfile, it will have that as the default value for the prompt, and you > just need to hit enter to confirm it. > > This problem with using Layer 2 during installation seems to be coming up > more often now, so I asked one of my contacts in Germany about it. He said > the OSAHWaddr parameter is what you need to put into the parmfile to provide > that value. > > > 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 > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
