>>> On 1/28/2015 at 04:18 PM, Steve P <steve.lin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am installing SUSE 11.3 on an z LPAR (not under zVM). A full ISO image > of the SUSE Linux for zSeries was downloaded (2 dvd's). > > The dvd is loaded in the HMC cdrom and perform the IPL - Load from > Removable Media or Server. That works and is loaded successfully and in > the Operating System Messages window, it goes through initialization. When > the prompts begin, I select: > 1) Main Menu: 1-Installation > 2) Start Installation: 1-Start Installation or Update > 3) Choose the source medium: 1) DVD / CD ROM > > After this, I get a message: ***** No repository found > > What does this message mean? Does it mean it can't find a repository file > in the DVD? What about on the 2nd DVD? When is the 2nd DVD read?
It means that an operating system running in an LPAR has no programmatic access to the DVD reader in the HMC. (The one known exception is z/VM.) You have to use a network-based installation server to install Linux in an LPAR. Linux/UNIX is best. Windows and z/OS have been known to be made to work. I seem to recall someone even got the z/VM FTP server to work _with_ the HMC DVD reader. But again, from the Linux perspective, that's a network-based install. Looking toward the future, the IBM developers have been working on an open source means to make this happen. It's been tied up in IBM Legal for a while, but should be making an appearance before too long. The Linux installation routines won't pick that up immediately, but there might be a way to hack around that in the meantime. 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/
