Well, I was already at 1GB and I tried 2GB, but still have the same issue. I have an open issue with Red Hat, so will see what they come up with.
Rick -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Filipe Miranda Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 11:16 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Linux 7.1 on z/VM 6.3 Rick, Please make sure that the VM have at least 1GB of RAM. (I had similar problems when trying to install using less than one GB of RAM) Kind Regards, Filipe Miranda > On Jul 21, 2015, at 7:35 AM, Beard, Rick (Atos) <rick.be...@xerox.com> wrote: > > OK, I created a new PARM file and did away with the call to a configuration > file and was able to get VNC working to get the GUI into the install screens, > but now the problem is when I click on the option to setup my partitions > manually, I get a box that comes up and says my connection was gracefully > closed and everything dies. Has anyone ran into this issue? > For grins I reloaded everything and left the partitioning set to auto and it > successfully installed, but I need to be able to setup my own partitioning, > so this is not an option for me. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Filipe Miranda > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 10:44 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Linux 7.1 on z/VM 6.3 > > Hello, > > RHEL7.x can use the same “installation style” (parm file and conf file) as > before with a few minor changes (keep in mind that this will be deprecated in > the future), or the new “installation layout” (just the parm file). > The following slide deck shows examples of how the new parm file > should look like: > http://people.redhat.com/fmiranda/systemz/slide_decks/Special%20Events > /IBM%20T3%20Bobligen%20Germany%202015%20v2.pdf > <http://people.redhat.com/fmiranda/systemz/slide_decks/Special%20Event > s/IBM%20T3%20Bobligen%20Germany%202015%20v2.pdf> > > Kind Regards, > > Filipe Miranda > fmira...@redhat.com > >> On Jul 17, 2015, at 7:17 AM, Grzegorz Powiedziuk <gpowiedz...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> 2015-07-17 9:55 GMT-04:00 Beard, Rick (Atos) <rick.be...@xerox.com>: >> >>> Gregory, >>> >>> Looks like your using the kick start method to install. I just load >>> the install into memory then SSH into the new image and issue >>> install at the logon which then allows me to pick the language and >>> then point to the NFS where the packages exists. The next step is >>> does is have me connect to the new image using VNC and I do the >>> install configurations via a gui then reboot when the install is >>> done. For years I have been using the following PARM file. >>> >>> root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000 >>> CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=xxxxxxxxxx.CONF-RH7 >>> >>> >> >> That is correct. I think you should be able to modify my parmfile for >> you needs. So in your case, the following parmfile should work: >> >> ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev >> CMSDASD=191 >> CMSCONFFILE=xxxxxxx.conf >> inst.repo=http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (I guess you can skip it if you >> specify it cond file ) vnc vncpassword=redhat >> >> >> >> >>> And here is the xxxxxxxxxxxx.CONF-RH7 file: >>> >>> DASD=200,204 >>> HOSTNAME=xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.com >>> NETTYPE=qeth >>> IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >>> SUBCHANNELS=0.0.0500,0.0.0501,0.0.0502 >>> NETMASK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >>> SEARCHDNS=xxxx.com >>> METHOD=nfs:xxxxxxxxx:/var/opt/rhel71 >>> GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >>> DNS=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >>> MTU=1492 >>> PORTNAME= >>> PORTNO=0 >>> LAYER2=0 >>> >>> >> that looks fine. I have double quotes but that shouldn't matter >> >> Is there anything else you are getting before the error output you've >> presented? Does it even load kernel and print kernel parameters? >> >> Gregory Powiedziuk >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - 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/