Thanks Bruce and Mark: Here is my where I am and I'll give a quick synopsis:
On HMC 1) dvd1 of install disk loaded in hmc DVD 2) selected LPARZ and Load from Removabke Media or Server. Load successful. 3) opened Operating System Messages to view Kernel messages and prompts 4)enable FTP access to mass storage media and give access to media for LPARZ IP address 123.45.67.8 5) Main Menu: select 1-start installation 6) Start installation: select 1-start installation or update 7) Choose source medium: 2-Network 8) Choose network protocol: 1-FTP 9) Choose network device: 1-IBM OSA express 10) choose physical medium: 1-Ethernet 11) relative port number: 0 12) device address read, write data channel....211, 212, 213 13) port name to use : gave a indiscriminate name (I assume this could be a random name?) 14) OSI LAYER 2 support: yes 15) MAC address - pressed ENTER 16) auto config DHCP : No 17) enter your IPv4 address: 123.45.67.8 (LPARZ IP address) 18) net mask : 255.255.255.0 19) gateway IP : 987.65.43.0 20) search domains: mydomain.net 21) IP address of name server: 5.4.3.2 22) IP address of FTP server: 177.8.7.8 (this is IP of HMC) 23) directory on server: / 24) enter username 25) enter password 26) http proxy? : select 2-NO Does all that look about right? Thanks. On Friday, January 30, 2015, Bruce Hayden <bjhay...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you enable FTP access, you must give the IP address that will access > the media. Then you log in with the user id and password that it gives > you. The contents of the DVD are the root directory. > > I just tried this on my HMC and it worked just like this. > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > >>> On 1/30/2015 at 01:27 PM, Steve P <steve.lin...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > So if I have the FTP enabled to the hmc mass media (DVD) then would it > > not > > > be the base directory and specify "/" ? > > > > I don't know. I don't know how the HMC exposes the DVD via FTP. If you > > can interactively FTP to it and an "ls /" shows those files, then yes. > > > > > > Mark Post > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu <javascript:;> 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/ > > > > > > -- > Bruce Hayden > z/VM and Linux on System z ATS > IBM, Endicott, NY > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu <javascript:;> 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/
