Installing RHEL 7
Hello list, 1) Has anyone been able to install RHEL 7 on z? 2) Is there any documentation specific to System z? I was able to download the two ISO images from rhn.redhat.com. I did not see any documentation on the Web nor on the mounted ISO (perhaps I'm missing it). I tried the following steps, but got errors similar to what others have reported in this forum: Thanks. -Mike M. -) Mount ISO image on an NFS server and export it -) Copy kernel and RAMdisk from images/ directory to CMS disk -) Update parmfile in the images/ directory with new first line: # cat generic.prm ro ramdisk_size=4 cio_ignore=all,!condev -) Log on to Linux virtual machine -) DEF STOR 1G -) IPL CMS -) run the RHEL7 EXEC - system starts booting: ... 7.280120 systemd-udevd: renamed network interface eth0 to enccw0.0.0600 ... *really, systemd, I will miss the old sysVinit ... (sniff, sniff :))really, enccw0.0.0600 is better than eth0? (not a good start systemd :))* ... OKMounted Configuration File System. OKReached target System Initialization. OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. OKReached target Paths. OKReached target Basic System. ... *install stops here for a couple of minutes, then:* ... dracut-initqueueÝ706¨: Warning: Could not boot. OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. OKReached target Paths. OKReached target Basic System. dracut-initqueue: Warning: Could not boot. dracut-initqueue: Warning: /dev/root does not exist ... generating /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt -- 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/
Re: Installing RHEL 7
Successfully installed it last week. Key for me was root=live:nfs://... The live was the important bit. Original message From: Michael MacIsaac Date:2014/09/16 15:42 (GMT-05:00) To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Cc: Subject: [LINUX-390] Installing RHEL 7 Hello list, 1) Has anyone been able to install RHEL 7 on z? 2) Is there any documentation specific to System z? I was able to download the two ISO images from rhn.redhat.com. I did not see any documentation on the Web nor on the mounted ISO (perhaps I'm missing it). I tried the following steps, but got errors similar to what others have reported in this forum: Thanks. -Mike M. -) Mount ISO image on an NFS server and export it -) Copy kernel and RAMdisk from images/ directory to CMS disk -) Update parmfile in the images/ directory with new first line: # cat generic.prm ro ramdisk_size=4 cio_ignore=all,!condev -) Log on to Linux virtual machine -) DEF STOR 1G -) IPL CMS -) run the RHEL7 EXEC - system starts booting: ... 7.280120 systemd-udevd: renamed network interface eth0 to enccw0.0.0600 ... *really, systemd, I will miss the old sysVinit ... (sniff, sniff :))really, enccw0.0.0600 is better than eth0? (not a good start systemd :))* ... OKMounted Configuration File System. OKReached target System Initialization. OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. OKReached target Paths. OKReached target Basic System. ... *install stops here for a couple of minutes, then:* ... dracut-initqueueÝ706¨: Warning: Could not boot. OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. OKReached target Paths. OKReached target Basic System. dracut-initqueue: Warning: Could not boot. dracut-initqueue: Warning: /dev/root does not exist ... generating /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt -- 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/
Re: Installing RHEL 7
Hello Mike, Here is the documentation for RHEL on z: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/part-installation-system-z.html Let me know if you have any questions, Kind Regards, Filipe Miranda On Sep 16, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > Hello list, > > 1) Has anyone been able to install RHEL 7 on z? > 2) Is there any documentation specific to System z? > > I was able to download the two ISO images from rhn.redhat.com. I did not > see any documentation on the Web nor on the mounted ISO (perhaps I'm > missing it). > > I tried the following steps, but got errors similar to what others have > reported in this forum: > > Thanks. > >-Mike M. > > -) Mount ISO image on an NFS server and export it > -) Copy kernel and RAMdisk from images/ directory to CMS disk > -) Update parmfile in the images/ directory with new first line: > # cat generic.prm > ro ramdisk_size=4 cio_ignore=all,!condev > -) Log on to Linux virtual machine > -) DEF STOR 1G > -) IPL CMS > -) run the RHEL7 EXEC - system starts booting: > ... > 7.280120 systemd-udevd: renamed network interface eth0 to enccw0.0.0600 > ... > > *really, systemd, I will miss the old sysVinit ... (sniff, sniff :))really, > enccw0.0.0600 is better than eth0? (not a good start systemd :))* > ... > OKMounted Configuration File System. > OKReached target System Initialization. > OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. > OKReached target Paths. > OKReached target Basic System. > ... > *install stops here for a couple of minutes, then:* > ... > dracut-initqueueÝ706¨: Warning: Could not boot. > OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. > OKReached target Paths. > OKReached target Basic System. > dracut-initqueue: Warning: Could not boot. > dracut-initqueue: Warning: /dev/root does not exist > ... > generating /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt > > -- > 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/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
Re: Installing RHEL 7
Neale, Felipe, Thanks for the quick replies. I got to the documentation on the Web and will bookmark it. In section 14.1 "Customizing generic.prm", I don't see anything about live:nfs://, nor root= (maybe I'm missing it). In section 14.2 "Considerations for Hard Drive Installation on IBM System z" I read: "If you wish to boot the installation program from a hard drive, you can optionally install the zipl boot loader on the same (or a different) disk..." He he - perhaps this was copied from the Intel book? (sorry, couldn't resist :)) So I followed Neale's hint and tried adding a line to the parm file: root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 where the dvd1 directory is mounted loopback. Then after the "Reached target Basic System." message it only waits a few seconds, so it seems to be communicating with the NFS server. But now it fails with: ... 33.492098¨ FS-Cache: Loaded 33.500256¨ FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching 33.504518¨ Key type dns_resolver registered 33.511157¨ NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type 33.511167¨ Key type id_resolver registered 33.511170¨ Key type id_legacy registered 33.542071¨ dracut: FATAL: failed to download live image: error 1 33.542091¨ dracut: Refusing to continue ... I tried again with the line whereby the install program does the NFS mount: root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/rhel-server-7.0-s390x-dvd.iso But got the same error. Both directories /srv/nfs/rhel7/ and /srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 are NFS exported on 'myserver'. Any help will be appreciated. -Mike M On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Filipe Miranda wrote: > Hello Mike, > > Here is the documentation for RHEL on z: > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/part-installation-system-z.html > > Let me know if you have any questions, > > > Kind Regards, > > Filipe Miranda > > > On Sep 16, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Michael MacIsaac > wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > 1) Has anyone been able to install RHEL 7 on z? > > 2) Is there any documentation specific to System z? > > > > I was able to download the two ISO images from rhn.redhat.com. I did > not > > see any documentation on the Web nor on the mounted ISO (perhaps I'm > > missing it). > > > > I tried the following steps, but got errors similar to what others have > > reported in this forum: > > > > Thanks. > > > >-Mike M. > > > > -) Mount ISO image on an NFS server and export it > > -) Copy kernel and RAMdisk from images/ directory to CMS disk > > -) Update parmfile in the images/ directory with new first line: > > # cat generic.prm > > ro ramdisk_size=4 cio_ignore=all,!condev > > -) Log on to Linux virtual machine > > -) DEF STOR 1G > > -) IPL CMS > > -) run the RHEL7 EXEC - system starts booting: > > ... > > 7.280120 systemd-udevd: renamed network interface eth0 to enccw0.0.0600 > > ... > > > > *really, systemd, I will miss the old sysVinit ... (sniff, sniff > :))really, > > enccw0.0.0600 is better than eth0? (not a good start systemd :))* > > ... > > OKMounted Configuration File System. > > OKReached target System Initialization. > > OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. > > OKReached target Paths. > > OKReached target Basic System. > > ... > > *install stops here for a couple of minutes, then:* > > ... > > dracut-initqueueÝ706¨: Warning: Could not boot. > > OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. > > OKReached target Paths. > > OKReached target Basic System. > > dracut-initqueue: Warning: Could not boot. > > dracut-initqueue: Warning: /dev/root does not exist > > ... > > generating /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt > > > > -- > > 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/ > -- 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/
Re: Installing RHEL 7
You need to point it at the install.img file. Here's what I used (it needs to spill at 80 characters): root=live:nfs://repo.dev.sinenomine.net/export/repository/s390x/linux/RHEL/7/7.0/iso/images/install.img ramdisk_size=131072 cio_ignore=all,!condev CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=rhel.conf On Sep 16, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > Neale, Felipe, > > Thanks for the quick replies. I got to the documentation on the Web and > will bookmark it. > > In section 14.1 "Customizing generic.prm", I don't see anything about > live:nfs://, nor root= (maybe I'm missing it). > > In section 14.2 "Considerations for Hard Drive Installation on IBM System > z" I read: > "If you wish to boot the installation program from a hard drive, you can > optionally install the zipl boot loader on the same (or a different) > disk..." He he - perhaps this was copied from the Intel book? (sorry, > couldn't resist :)) > > So I followed Neale's hint and tried adding a line to the parm file: > > root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 > > where the dvd1 directory is mounted loopback. > > Then after the "Reached target Basic System." message it only waits a few > seconds, so it seems to be communicating with the NFS server. But now it > fails with: > ... > 33.492098¨ FS-Cache: Loaded > 33.500256¨ FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching > 33.504518¨ Key type dns_resolver registered > 33.511157¨ NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type > 33.511167¨ Key type id_resolver registered > 33.511170¨ Key type id_legacy registered > 33.542071¨ dracut: FATAL: failed to download live image: error 1 > 33.542091¨ dracut: Refusing to continue > ... > > I tried again with the line whereby the install program does the NFS mount: > > root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/rhel-server-7.0-s390x-dvd.iso > > But got the same error. Both directories /srv/nfs/rhel7/ and > /srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 are NFS exported on 'myserver'. > > Any help will be appreciated. -- 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/
Re: Installing RHEL 7
I thought I saw somewhere that RHEL 7 needed an EC12 levelset... I can't find it offhand right now... Anyone else... Lee Stewart ● VM System Support ● Visa ● Phone: 6(750)4601 - +1-303-389-4601 ● lstew...@visa.com -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:42 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Installing RHEL 7 Hello list, 1) Has anyone been able to install RHEL 7 on z? 2) Is there any documentation specific to System z? I was able to download the two ISO images from rhn.redhat.com. I did not see any documentation on the Web nor on the mounted ISO (perhaps I'm missing it). I tried the following steps, but got errors similar to what others have reported in this forum: Thanks. -Mike M. -) Mount ISO image on an NFS server and export it -) Copy kernel and RAMdisk from images/ directory to CMS disk -) Update parmfile in the images/ directory with new first line: # cat generic.prm ro ramdisk_size=4 cio_ignore=all,!condev -) Log on to Linux virtual machine -) DEF STOR 1G -) IPL CMS -) run the RHEL7 EXEC - system starts booting: ... 7.280120 systemd-udevd: renamed network interface eth0 to enccw0.0.0600 ... *really, systemd, I will miss the old sysVinit ... (sniff, sniff :))really, enccw0.0.0600 is better than eth0? (not a good start systemd :))* ... OKMounted Configuration File System. OKReached target System Initialization. OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. OKReached target Paths. OKReached target Basic System. ... *install stops here for a couple of minutes, then:* ... dracut-initqueueÝ706¨: Warning: Could not boot. OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. OKReached target Paths. OKReached target Basic System. dracut-initqueue: Warning: Could not boot. dracut-initqueue: Warning: /dev/root does not exist ... generating /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt -- 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/
Re: Installing RHEL 7
No, z196 or better. On Sep 16, 2014, at 4:52 PM, Stewart, Lee wrote: > I thought I saw somewhere that RHEL 7 needed an EC12 levelset... I can't > find it offhand right now... Anyone else... -- 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/
Re: Installing RHEL 7
Mike,
Use this as an example:
> ro ramdisk_size=4 cio_ignore=all,!condev
> ip=10.16.105.69::10.16.111.254:21:train6.redhat.com:enccw0.0.0600:none
> rd.znet=qeth,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,layer2=0,portname=FOOBAR
> nameserver=10.16.46.224 nameserver=10.16.36.29
> rd.dasd=0.0.0100 rd.dasd=0.0.0101
> inst.repo=http://10.13.145.5/rhel7_s390/ or
> inst.repo=nfs:[options:]server:/path
> vnc vncpassword=redhat
Where:
The documentation explains the semantics of all the bits and pieces:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/chap-anaconda-boot-options.html#list-boot-options-network
The upstream docs might explain the double colon, which is just an
optional "peer" option that is not needed in our case:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html#_network
"ip=:[]
:{none|off|dhcp|on|any|dhcp6|auto6|ibft}:[:[][:]]
"
or
"ip=:[]
:{none|off|dhcp|on|any|dhcp6|auto6|ibft}[:[][:]] "
" is optional and is the address of the remote endpoint for
pointopoint interfaces"
If one does not follow the ip= syntax to the very last detail, it just
fails (or falls back to dhcp) without helpful user message [see more
recent pre-validation comments of bug 1070104].
or
Try Neale suggestion - it also worked :-)
Kind Regards,
Filipe
On Sep 16, 2014, at 1:39 PM, Michael MacIsaac wrote:
> Neale, Felipe,
>
> Thanks for the quick replies. I got to the documentation on the Web and
> will bookmark it.
>
> In section 14.1 "Customizing generic.prm", I don't see anything about
> live:nfs://, nor root= (maybe I'm missing it).
>
> In section 14.2 "Considerations for Hard Drive Installation on IBM System
> z" I read:
> "If you wish to boot the installation program from a hard drive, you can
> optionally install the zipl boot loader on the same (or a different)
> disk..." He he - perhaps this was copied from the Intel book? (sorry,
> couldn't resist :))
>
> So I followed Neale's hint and tried adding a line to the parm file:
>
> root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1
>
> where the dvd1 directory is mounted loopback.
>
> Then after the "Reached target Basic System." message it only waits a few
> seconds, so it seems to be communicating with the NFS server. But now it
> fails with:
> ...
> 33.492098¨ FS-Cache: Loaded
> 33.500256¨ FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
> 33.504518¨ Key type dns_resolver registered
> 33.511157¨ NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type
> 33.511167¨ Key type id_resolver registered
> 33.511170¨ Key type id_legacy registered
> 33.542071¨ dracut: FATAL: failed to download live image: error 1
> 33.542091¨ dracut: Refusing to continue
> ...
>
> I tried again with the line whereby the install program does the NFS mount:
>
> root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/rhel-server-7.0-s390x-dvd.iso
>
> But got the same error. Both directories /srv/nfs/rhel7/ and
> /srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 are NFS exported on 'myserver'.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
>-Mike M
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Filipe Miranda wrote:
>
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> Here is the documentation for RHEL on z:
>>
>> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/part-installation-system-z.html
>>
>> Let me know if you have any questions,
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Filipe Miranda
>>
>>
>> On Sep 16, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Michael MacIsaac
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> 1) Has anyone been able to install RHEL 7 on z?
>>> 2) Is there any documentation specific to System z?
>>>
>>> I was able to download the two ISO images from rhn.redhat.com. I did
>> not
>>> see any documentation on the Web nor on the mounted ISO (perhaps I'm
>>> missing it).
>>>
>>> I tried the following steps, but got errors similar to what others have
>>> reported in this forum:
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> -Mike M.
>>>
>>> -) Mount ISO image on an NFS server and export it
>>> -) Copy kernel and RAMdisk from images/ directory to CMS disk
>>> -) Update parmfile in the images/ directory with new first line:
>>> # cat generic.prm
>>> ro ramdisk_size=4 cio_ignore=all,!condev
>>> -) Log on to Linux virtual machine
>>> -) DEF STOR 1G
>>> -) IPL CMS
>>> -) run the RHEL7 EXEC - system starts booting:
>>> ...
>>> 7.280120 systemd-udevd: renamed network interface eth0 to enccw0.0.0600
>>> ...
>>>
>>> *really, systemd, I will miss the old sysVinit ... (sniff, sniff
>> :))really,
>>> enccw0.0.0600 is better than eth0? (not a good start systemd :))*
>>> ...
>>> OKMounted Configuration File System.
>>> OKReached target System Initialization.
>>> OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
>>> OKReached target Paths.
>>> OKReached target Basic System.
>>> ...
>>> *install stops here for a couple of minutes, then:*
>>> ...
>>> dracut-initqueueÝ706¨: Warning: Could not boot.
>>> OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
>>> OKReached target Paths.
>>> OKReached target Basic S
Re: Installing RHEL 7
Hello Stuart, The architecture level for RHEL7 is z196/z114 and above - no z10 support from this point forward (z10 only with RHEL5 and RHEL6) Kind Regards, Filipe On Sep 16, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Stewart, Lee wrote: > I thought I saw somewhere that RHEL 7 needed an EC12 levelset... I can't > find it offhand right now... Anyone else... > > Lee Stewart ● VM System Support ● Visa ● Phone: 6(750)4601 - +1-303-389-4601 > ● lstew...@visa.com > > -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael > MacIsaac > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:42 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Installing RHEL 7 > > Hello list, > > 1) Has anyone been able to install RHEL 7 on z? > 2) Is there any documentation specific to System z? > > I was able to download the two ISO images from rhn.redhat.com. I did not see > any documentation on the Web nor on the mounted ISO (perhaps I'm missing it). > > I tried the following steps, but got errors similar to what others have > reported in this forum: > > Thanks. > >-Mike M. > > -) Mount ISO image on an NFS server and export it > -) Copy kernel and RAMdisk from images/ directory to CMS disk > -) Update parmfile in the images/ directory with new first line: > # cat generic.prm > ro ramdisk_size=4 cio_ignore=all,!condev > -) Log on to Linux virtual machine > -) DEF STOR 1G > -) IPL CMS > -) run the RHEL7 EXEC - system starts booting: > ... > 7.280120 systemd-udevd: renamed network interface eth0 to enccw0.0.0600 ... > > *really, systemd, I will miss the old sysVinit ... (sniff, sniff :))really, > enccw0.0.0600 is better than eth0? (not a good start systemd :))* ... > OKMounted Configuration File System. > OKReached target System Initialization. > OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. > OKReached target Paths. > OKReached target Basic System. > ... > *install stops here for a couple of minutes, then:* ... > dracut-initqueueÝ706¨: Warning: Could not boot. > OKStarted Show Plymouth Boot Screen. > OKReached target Paths. > OKReached target Basic System. > dracut-initqueue: Warning: Could not boot. > dracut-initqueue: Warning: /dev/root does not exist ... > generating /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt > > -- > 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/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
Re: Installing RHEL 7
Neale, Yes, that's the magic charm. Thanks! -Mike On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Neale Ferguson wrote: > You need to point it at the install.img file. Here's what I used (it needs > to spill at 80 characters): > > root=live:nfs:// > repo.dev.sinenomine.net/export/repository/s390x/linux/RHEL/7/7.0/iso/images/install.img > ramdisk_size=131072 cio_ignore=all,!condev > CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=rhel.conf > > On Sep 16, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > > > Neale, Felipe, > > > > Thanks for the quick replies. I got to the documentation on the Web and > > will bookmark it. > > > > In section 14.1 "Customizing generic.prm", I don't see anything about > > live:nfs://, nor root= (maybe I'm missing it). > > > > In section 14.2 "Considerations for Hard Drive Installation on IBM System > > z" I read: > > "If you wish to boot the installation program from a hard drive, you can > > optionally install the zipl boot loader on the same (or a different) > > disk..." He he - perhaps this was copied from the Intel book? (sorry, > > couldn't resist :)) > > > > So I followed Neale's hint and tried adding a line to the parm file: > > > > root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 > > > > where the dvd1 directory is mounted loopback. > > > > Then after the "Reached target Basic System." message it only waits a few > > seconds, so it seems to be communicating with the NFS server. But now it > > fails with: > > ... > > 33.492098¨ FS-Cache: Loaded > > 33.500256¨ FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching > > 33.504518¨ Key type dns_resolver registered > > 33.511157¨ NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type > > 33.511167¨ Key type id_resolver registered > > 33.511170¨ Key type id_legacy registered > > 33.542071¨ dracut: FATAL: failed to download live image: error 1 > > 33.542091¨ dracut: Refusing to continue > > ... > > > > I tried again with the line whereby the install program does the NFS > mount: > > > > root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/rhel-server-7.0-s390x-dvd.iso > > > > But got the same error. Both directories /srv/nfs/rhel7/ and > > /srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 are NFS exported on 'myserver'. > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > -- > 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/
