Kyle, Did you try formatting the disks with dasdfmt **before** bringing up the installer? So the overall steps would be:
-) Punch files to reader and IPL reader -) *** Start an SSH session as "root" and dasdfmt disks *** -) Start an ssh session as "install" and start install -) Continue .... See the bottom of page 155 in "The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z/VM 6.3, RHEL 6.4, and SLES 11 SP3" on the Web at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248147.html In older versions of the book we used to write "Hey maybe you should try this ...". In the last one we wrote "Just do this ...." Hope this helps. -Mike On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Kyle Stewart <kyle.stew...@zionsbancorp.com > wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am trying to install RHEL 6.5 via FTP (I have done 5.5 & 6.2 last > year successfully.) I am using an ftp server and thanks to Bruce Hayden, > I now get a fully functional Linux. However, it used to be that before the > installer would format the drive and install Linux, there would be a GUI > that would give options for partitioning-sizes, mount points, etc. and > packages to install and so forth. I don't see that this time around & I > need to make changes here before the install continues. After I quit the > installer or let it finish, the underlying text in the window appears and > indicates there is some problem with the GUI as follows: > > login as: install > Welcome to the anaconda install environment 1.2 for zSeries > > /sbin/xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority > detecting hardware... > waiting for hardware to initialize... > detecting hardware... > waiting for hardware to initialize... > Running anaconda 13.21.215, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux system installer > - please wait. > 21:35:32 Starting graphical installation. > 21:35:35 Exception starting GUI installer: could not open display > 21:35:35 GUI installer startup failed, falling back to text mode. > > I have Xming installed and X forwarding in Putty. What am I missing here? > Thanks for your help, in advance. > > Best Regards, > > Kyle Stewart > > ====================================================================== > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE, INCLUDING ANY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS, IS > CONFIDENTIAL and may contain information that is privileged and exempt from > disclosure under applicable law. If you are neither the intended recipient > nor responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, > please note that any dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of > any action in reliance upon the message is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. > Thank you. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
