Mark, Sorry i didn't see all your responses from this message from me. I started to go back and review some of the responses to my messages and saw some of your responses that I missed. I will review and get back on this very informative response from you.
For the record, I have been accessing the hmc remotely through the web interface. I know there are some limitations on what I can do remotely. The physical hmc console is elsewhere in another location. Thanks. On Friday, January 30, 2015, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: > >>> On 1/30/2015 at 05:52 PM, Steve P <steve.lin...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > Honestly I don't know what file it is looking for. > > As I mentioned in my reply to Alan, I know which files are needed. I'm > partly responsible for the installer. > > > And ftping to the hmc > > invites all other problems. Let's just say it would have to involve all > of > > the network guys and security access guys to work together and that will > > take moving a mountain to make happen at this point in time. > > Um, if _you_ can't FTP into the HMC, then how would the Linux system be > able to do it? > > > For the moment I am chasing the IP address of the Linux lpar that I am > > installing this into. I need to verify what was given to me and I suspect > > it is incorrect. > > > > How do I find the command line to enter some hmc commands? I can't seem > to > > find it and I know it exists. There is a series of commands that will > tell > > me the lpar info and their associated IP addresses. > > I don't know what you mean by "HMC commands." I don't think any can get > shell access on the HMC. From the Linux perspective, you can get a shell > running. After you get the "No repository found" message, you should be > getting prompted again for the network protocol. Type in an x and press > enter. That should give you a "Linuxrc extras" menu. Select 3 for "start > a shell." > > At this point you should be able to display your network setup. > - ifconfig -a > - route -n > > Try to ping your default gateway. MAKE SURE you specify a count for the > ping command: > ping -c 3 ip.addr.default.gw > > If you don't, and your keyboard layout isn't set up right, you won't be > able to terminate the ping command. > > If you can ping your default gateway, see if you can ping the IP address > of the FTP server. If that works, then try this: > curl ftp://ip.addr.of.ftpserver/ > You should see a directory listing of the DVD. > > curl ftp://ip.addr.of.ftpserver/content > You should see a bunch of SHA256 hashes. If you get some sort of error, > then perhaps the information you were given to use wasn't correct. > > One other possibility is if your LPAR is hooked into a switch that expects > an IEEE vlan to be configured. If that's the case, they should have told > you. Even if they did tell you, depending on what version of SLES you're > trying to install, the installer might be able to set that up for you, or > you may need to do it manually from the shell. > > > 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
