Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-28 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
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Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, I did have to change one little thing: blanked out the \t from the files yast/instorder; yast/order. Yup, got it. Thanks. I was able to successfully install a base SLES9 on z/VM . Great! Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
/2005 05:56 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: SuSE Installation Server Mike, The procedure you provided ( http://mikemacisaac.com/configureNFS.pdf ) for setting up a linux install server worked well. I did have to change

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, I put it up on http://mikemacisaac.com/mksles9root I replaced the \t with two spaces in two places in mk_symbolic_links function as suggested by Ismael. I'll be honest - I haven't tested the change (I will eventually get to that), but somehow I get the feeling it will work either way.

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Ifurung, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:27 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE Installation Server I am getting ready to attempt to install SLES9 under z/VM as well. The procedure mentioned

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-26 Thread Ifurung, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:01 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE Installation Server Ismael, How do I integrate the recently released SLES9 SP1 yast - software - Patch CD

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-26 Thread Post, Mark K
cat /etc/*-release Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ifurung, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:56 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE Installation Server -snip- Question: How can I tell that my

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-26 Thread Ifurung, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GNU/Linux Ismael -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:21 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE Installation Server cat /etc/*-release Mark Post -Original Message- From

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-24 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 1:08 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE Installation Server Ismael, I'm trying to use yast to setup the install server I put up a draft chapter as a PDF at http://mikemacisaac.com/configureNFS.pdf - I hope this will help

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, How do I integrate the recently released SLES9 SP1 yast - software - Patch CD update It's documented (for SLES8 and SP3 at least) in the zDomino redbook: SG24-7021. Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061 --

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-21 Thread Seader, Cameron
Linux FTP server -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ifurung, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:10 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: SuSE Installation Server I want to set up an installation server on a SuSe9 Professional

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-21 Thread James Melin
For a long while I had a Linux guest that I simply had all the CD-ROM images I needed mounted as disk images I made with 'dd' on a desktop Linux installation.. I had my SLES8 images, SP3 image, WebSphere images, DB2 Connect images, MQ series, etc all mounted via the loopback device as read-only.

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-21 Thread Post, Mark K
I would imagine that the SLES9 option would simply select an appropriate set of packages for such a server, and perhaps create an FTP directory structure to support it. Do a trial install of SLES9, then do the same thing with SUSE 9 Professional. I think a Linux/UNIX system would be your best

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-21 Thread Ifurung, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
21, 2005 11:22 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE Installation Server For a long while I had a Linux guest that I simply had all the CD-ROM images I needed mounted as disk images I made with 'dd' on a desktop Linux installation.. I had my SLES8 images, SP3 image, WebSphere images

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-21 Thread Post, Mark K
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:48 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE Installation Server Forgive me but I'm relatively ignorant to this business. I'm trying to use yast to setup the install server, since that is the only procedure that SUSE provides

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-21 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, I'm trying to use yast to setup the install server I put up a draft chapter as a PDF at http://mikemacisaac.com/configureNFS.pdf - I hope this will help. It details the steps around the mkinstallroot script I posted a while back and how to make the tree available via NFS. I've at least

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-21 Thread Ifurung, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in my desktop is crippled in the first place sigh Thanks again, for any insights. Ismael -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 1:08 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE Installation