I find that the Linux install under z/VM on a new z has the same issue ... you need an existing install server (not on the z) to do an install of the DVD image or install directories. Once you have one built you can turn it into your new install server -- but until then you're stuck trying to network to an external (from the z) server. Or... am I hopelessly behind and not aware of current solutions? (happens more and more often as I approach senility) A Linux minidisk image (PIPEDDR, whatever) setup as an install server would be great -- but are the distributors willing to provide this?
I guess I'm asking: is there a distributor solution for bare hardware that doesn't require network access to some other box? My impression is no.. Scott Rohling On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: > >>> On 2/5/2015 at 01:30 PM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > I think it's because we are very afraid of telling people what to do. I > > Hah! Tell Chuckie that was a good one. > > > think if we had to start all over again, I would vote for exactly two > ways > > to install in an LPAR: > > > > 1. Boot (load) from removable media or FTP server and install from the > > same source (needs that new device driver!!). The DVD is in the HMC > drive > > or loaded on my laptop with an FTP server :-). > > If the driver had been available 15 years ago, things would be very > different. But, it still is not, so... > > > 2. Boot from SCSI and install from the boot device (needs 'install from > > directory'!!). That could be physical DVD:or contents copied to a SAN > > disk. > > > > This avoids what I like to call the"Installation Two-Step." No need to > > try to loop out-of-band back to the media. > > For most sites, asking them to use SCSI over FCP is problematic at best. > Since z/OS doesn't talk SCSI, there's not a lot of skills there to make it > work. Heck, even our z/VM using customers have some problems with it. > Good for selling consulting services I guess, but not a real popular idea > for sites that don't want to spend money on that. > > > 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
