Hi all, one more question regarding my KVM tests: Does anybody know wether i can specifiy the virtio_net driver and interface for a kvm machine in SLES parmfile to automate the startup of the installer image?
Manual definition and dhcp networking via http are working without any problem. But i want to configure the installer image by passing the instserver information via parmfile. Problem is, that during processing of the parmfile a network device is required. But using manual=1 skips this requirement. See massages below: Starting hardware detection... ok (If a driver is not working for you, try booting with brokenmodules=driver_name.) Virtio Storage 0 drivers: virtio_blk* Virtio Ethernet Card 0 drivers: virtio_net* Please select the type of your network device. 1) OSA-2 or OSA Express 2) Hipersockets -------------------- 3) Channel To Channel (CTC) 4) ESCON 5) Inter-User Communication Vehicle (IUCV) > *** Could not find the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Repository. Activating manual setup program. >>> Linuxrc v3.3.81 (Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default) <<< Main Menu 1) Start Installation 2) Settings 3) Expert 4) Exit or Reboot > 1 Start Installation 1) Start Installation or Update 2) Boot Installed System 3) Start Rescue System > 1 Choose the source medium. 1) DVD / CD-ROM 2) Network > 2 Choose the network protocol. 1) FTP 2) HTTP 3) NFS 4) SMB / CIFS (Windows Share) 5) TFTP > 2 Detecting and loading network drivers Automatic configuration via DHCP? 1) Yes 2) No > 1 Sending DHCP request... Enter the IP address of the HTTP server [x.x.x.x]> Enter the directory on the server [instserver/sles-11-sp2-s390x-iso/]> Do you need a username and password to access the HTTP server? 1) Yes 2) No > 2 Use a HTTP proxy? 1) Yes 2) No > 2 Loading Installation System (1/6) - 100% squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher Loading Installation System (2/6) - 100% Loading Installation System (3/6) - 100% Loading Installation System (4/6) - 100% Loading Installation System (5/6) - 100% Loading Installation System (6/6) - 100% Reading Driver Update... No new Driver Updates found Select the display type. 1) X11 2) VNC 3) SSH 4) ASCII Console Kind regards, Tobias ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/