Filipe, Same results using what you have below. The only piece I added was the inst.vnc as it goes with the inst.vncpassword. If you omit the inst.vnc the inst.vncpassword won't be used and when you ssh to the image and logon with install it will ask you if you want to use vnc or text mode and when you select vnc it will then ask for a password. Coding both of these sets vnc up automatically.
Rick -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Filipe Miranda Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:29 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Linux 7.1 on z/VM 6.3 Hello Rick, Everything seems to be in order on that PARM file. The only option I haven’t tried yet from this PARM is to force the resolution by using the inst.resolution=1024x768 parameter, but I’m not sure if that maybe causing some weird behavior by the VNC client/server piece. I know it sounds silly, but could you try with the following PARM file: ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx::xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:22:lnxmnt71.marriott.com:enccw0.0.0500:none rd.znet=qeth,0.0.0500,0.0.0501,0.0.0502,layer2=0 nameserver=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx rd.dasd=0.0.0200 rd.dasd=0.0.0300 rd.dasd=0.0.0301 inst.vnc inst.vncpassword=xxxx inst.repo=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/var/opt/rhel71 if that fails again, does the installer gives you any hint of what might have happened? Are you able to get a shell access ? Thank you, Kind Regards, Filipe Miranda > On Jul 22, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Beard, Rick (Atos) <rick.be...@xerox.com> wrote: > > Filipe, > > > > I'm using ECKD DASD and it was formatted using CA's VMDIRECT software when it > allocated it to the Linux image. > > > > Here is my PARM file. > > > > ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev > > ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx::xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:22:lnxmnt71.marriott.com:enccw0.0. > 0500:none > > > > rd.znet=qeth,0.0.0500,0.0.0501,0.0.0502,layer2=0 > > nameserver=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > rd.dasd=0.0.0200 > > rd.dasd=0.0.0300 > > rd.dasd=0.0.0301 > > inst.resolution=1024x768 > > inst.vnc > > inst.vncpassword=xxxx > > inst.repo=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/var/opt/rhel71 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Filipe Miranda > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 1:59 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Linux 7.1 on z/VM 6.3 > > > > Rick, > > > > Could you send us the complete parm file ? > > Are you installing on ECKD or FCP? > > Were the disks used for this Linux install in use before or are they brand > new? > > Maybe something old from a previous use of the disk is causing some > weird behave by the installer, have you tried to low format the disks > from a terminal and then tried the installation again? I haven' t seem > any issues like that on RHEL 7.x..... Yet :-) > > > > Kind Regards, > > Filipe Miranda > > > > > >> On Jul 21, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Beard, Rick (Atos) >> <rick.be...@xerox.com<mailto:rick.be...@xerox.com>> wrote: > >> > >> 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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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%20Even >>> t > >>> s /IBM%20T3%20Bobligen%20Germany%202015%20v2.pdf > >>> <http://people.redhat.com/fmiranda/systemz/slide_decks/Special%20Eve >>> n > >>> t s/IBM%20T3%20Bobligen%20Germany%202015%20v2.pdf> > >>> > >>> Kind Regards, > >>> > >>> Filipe Miranda > >>> fmira...@redhat.com<mailto:fmira...@redhat.com> > >>> > >>>> On Jul 17, 2015, at 7:17 AM, Grzegorz Powiedziuk >>>> <gpowiedz...@gmail.com<mailto:gpowiedz...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> 2015-07-17 9:55 GMT-04:00 Beard, Rick (Atos) >>>> <rick.be...@xerox.com<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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/
