I guess I did wander a bit from z, did not think about it.....but thanks, anyway.
Latest: the problems all emanated from the GRUB loader, and where it was installing, a known situation if you google " Because of the partitioning, the boot loader cannot be installed properly." AND, yes, a situation that would not have occurred had I not strayed from the righteous z path. I also appreciate the links from Berthold Gunreben, good info. And glad to know the 2nd DVD is source. I shall head to the golf course and ponder this over beer. See you Monday. Thanks all. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:14 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: autoyast >>> On 5/21/2014 at 08:29 AM, "Dean, David (I/S)" <david_d...@bcbst.com> wrote: > Mark, > Yes, it is a vendor who has taken sles11.3 and added his product on top. > When you boot the cd it begins an OS installation that is specific to > their needs - partitioning, specific rpms, etc. That doesn't sound like AutoYast, rather someone used SUSE Studio to build an appliance. But of course I could be wrong since I don't have the media on hand. > We would like to just do a > "standard" OS only install with this cd. Why? Originally we > installed this package successfully on a normal rack based dell > server. However after implementing our required drivers for > encrypting the drives we are unable to install the product. We have > successfully installed a base RedHat OS and a Window OS to insure that > the encryption is working correctly, we now need to see if it is sles or the > vendor. Sounds like you've strayed far away from System z. :) I think you need to open up a service request for this. Preferably with both the vendor and your Linux service provider, since I think everyone involved is going to have to understand how the media was created and what's going on during the install process. > On a side note, the sles11.3 iso DVD2 download will not fit on a DVD! If you use a DL DVD, it will fit, since those hold 8.4G. Of course you need a DVD burner capable of handling that media. That's all source code anyway, so it's not really needed for installation. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ----------------------------------------------------- Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
