Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Mark! I really appreciate your comments - it is nice to know us novices didn't screw things up! We had considered every other alternative in preference to creating a 'boot cart' and *then* performing the rest of the install off a DVD that was loaded into the HMC's DVD drive, but we always found some technical/political reason why that would not be worth trying. You mention creating two DVD's, and IPLing from the DVD reader within the HMC - do you mean IPL'ing from the DVD directly? I do not think that that is possible, because we need to specify an MVS device address in the Activation Profile. (I have a vague recollection of confguring an HMC workstation to emulate an 'internal reader' function, but I did not investigate further, because it sounded a bit obscure to me, I guess I missed a trick there...) One a similar vein, I used Windows/XP's Roxio Creator to 'burn an ISO image' to DVD. A friendly face on this forum suggested that a Windows-based DVD burn *would not* properly create diectories, hard or symbolic links, thus rendering the DVD corrupt from a Linux point of view. I have had suspicions about my DVD burning techniques(!), and have spent some time 'surfing the web' to confirm that burning software CD/DVDs is fraught with problems. Would it be true to say that I *must* burn the SLES DVD with a linux DVD burner? No. I've used freeware imageburn (imgburn?) on Windows. That's fine. I've used Nera that came with a DVD burner. It gets associated with .iso files and does the right thing. It's easy to test whether you've done it properly: insert disk in drive on your windows box, and see what files are on it. One file, you've stuffed it. More than one, almost certainly it's okay. The DVD image is a file. One can write any kind of file to optical media - I once put a tarball onto CD accidentally. What is important is agreement between the writer and the reader, and th ISO9660 standard provides that agreement. However, Apple does things a little differently, and Joliet is a MSFT non-standard. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1...@coco.merseine.nu z1...@coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) -- 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
there's been a Boot from CD or FTP server capability in the HMC If you have few time to use HMC, or the access is restrict, you can test your media (CD/DVD) at home before use them. It is possible on a workstation using Hercules 3.06 (Windows or Linux flavor), command ipl_dvd. If the DVD boots on Hercules, it will boot on HMC without problems. I use this way to test media wrote from ISO files. Regards, Clovis. -- 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
On 2/12/2009 at 7:45 AM, Clovis Pereira gclo...@br.ibm.com wrote: there's been a Boot from CD or FTP server capability in the HMC If you have few time to use HMC, or the access is restrict, you can test your media (CD/DVD) at home before use them. With SLES10, you can actually insert the media into a PC and boot from it. It should bring up the rescue system. From there, you can mount the DVD, configure the NIC, and start the NFS server to act as an installation server for your mainframe. This also would act as a good test of the burning process. ;) 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
Very good. I didn't know this. Going to experiment... I hope other distros can work this way, to facilitate our life. I'm trying to install one Debian ETCH for a month, on my free time, without success. For my own knowledge, so, without any support, yet... With SLES I didn't have any problem... Thanks a lot, Mark. Clovis. Mark Post mp...@novell.com To Sent by: Linux on LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 390 Port cc linux-...@vm.mar IST.EDU Subject Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 12/02/2009 17:00 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package Please respond to Linux on 390 Port linux-...@vm.mar IST.EDU On 2/12/2009 at 7:45 AM, Clovis Pereira gclo...@br.ibm.com wrote: there's been a Boot from CD or FTP server capability in the HMC If you have few time to use HMC, or the access is restrict, you can test your media (CD/DVD) at home before use them. With SLES10, you can actually insert the media into a PC and boot from it. It should bring up the rescue system. From there, you can mount the DVD, configure the NIC, and start the NFS server to act as an installation server for your mainframe. This also would act as a good test of the burning process. ;) 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 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 inline: graycol.gifinline: pic09359.gifinline: ecblank.gif
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
Hi Mark! I really appreciate your comments - it is nice to know us novices didn't screw things up! We had considered every other alternative in preference to creating a 'boot cart' and *then* performing the rest of the install off a DVD that was loaded into the HMC's DVD drive, but we always found some technical/political reason why that would not be worth trying. You mention creating two DVD's, and IPLing from the DVD reader within the HMC - do you mean IPL'ing from the DVD directly? I do not think that that is possible, because we need to specify an MVS device address in the Activation Profile. (I have a vague recollection of confguring an HMC workstation to emulate an 'internal reader' function, but I did not investigate further, because it sounded a bit obscure to me, I guess I missed a trick there...) One a similar vein, I used Windows/XP's Roxio Creator to 'burn an ISO image' to DVD. A friendly face on this forum suggested that a Windows-based DVD burn *would not* properly create diectories, hard or symbolic links, thus rendering the DVD corrupt from a Linux point of view. I have had suspicions about my DVD burning techniques(!), and have spent some time 'surfing the web' to confirm that burning software CD/DVDs is fraught with problems. Would it be true to say that I *must* burn the SLES DVD with a linux DVD burner? If you are in the UK, Mark I would appreciate a telephone conversation (no committments offloaded on to you, I promise!), and I can provide my contact details. regards Rapp On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Mark Post mp...@novell.com wrote: On 2/10/2009 at 1:10 AM, bruce woodley rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: -snip- (The Suse SLES10 SP1/SP2 install failed because of mismatch between the TAPEIPL modules and the memory resident INITRD file system. I guess no one at Suse/Novell thought anyone would install via a TAPEIPL in an native LPAR, so did not test it... :-( ) That's kind of hard to believe, but it appears you are right. :( TAPEIPL.IKR Linux version 2.6.16.54-0.2.5-default (ge...@buildhost) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP Mon Apr 14 17:24:07 UTC 2008 VMRDR.IKR Linux version 2.6.16.60-0.21-default (ge...@buildhost) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070115 (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP Tue May 6 12:41:02 UTC 2008 I have no idea why no one else has run into this before. I know lots of people have been doing LPAR installs. Please try making a second copy of the DVD and IPLing from the DVD reader in the HMC. That should work, and won't require any network access to get the IPL started. In the meantime, I'm going to have a little, umm, chat with our QA folks. Mark -- 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 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
On 2/11/2009 at 4:05 PM, rapp0...@googlemail.com rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: -snip- You mention creating two DVD's, and IPLing from the DVD reader within the HMC - do you mean IPL'ing from the DVD directly? I do not think that that is possible, because we need to specify an MVS device address in the Activation Profile. No, there's been a Boot from CD or FTP server capability in the HMC for quite a long while now. The downside to this is that once the Linux installer is up, it cannot access the DVD for the rest of the installation files, so you still need a server on the network to provide that. (If you had z/VM installed, you could use the SLES10 Starter System for the installation source, but you said there's no way for that to happen.) -snip- Would it be true to say that I *must* burn the SLES DVD with a linux DVD burner? Absolutely not. It's not the OS that does the burning of the media that matters, so much as it's the OS that serves up the media to the installation routines. In the past, those of both SUSE and Red Hat have been sensitive to that, but it shouldn't be the case any more. If you are in the UK, Mark I would appreciate a telephone conversation (no committments offloaded on to you, I promise!), and I can provide my contact details. No, I'm not in the UK, but that doesn't mean we can't talk. Send me your info off list and we'll try to set up a time. 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
On Wednesday, 02/11/2009 at 04:06 EST, rapp0...@googlemail.com rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: You mention creating two DVD's, and IPLing from the DVD reader within the HMC - do you mean IPL'ing from the DVD directly? I do not think that that is possible, because we need to specify an MVS device address in the Activation Profile. You can IPL any LPAR from DVD, and you can specify the DVD in the activation profile if you want it to IPL from DVD every time. (Such as is done on a z10 with the z/VM Evaluation Edition.) Would it be true to say that I *must* burn the SLES DVD with a linux DVD burner? If you're burning from an .iso file, no. The .iso file is a raw uncompressed image that doesn't care about the organization of the media contents, so it can contain an ISO 9660 or ISO 13346 (UDF) disk image. The capabilities of the system that is burning or creating the .iso file doesn't matter. Actually accessing the *content* of the newly-burned media is an equine that radiates energy at a different wavelength. If the DVD is in UDF format, I would expect Windows XP or Vista to be able to read it and follow the hard/soft links, as it is part of the UDF standard. If the DVD contains a UDF bridge to ISO 9660, then Windows probably won't follow the links since Windows' support for ISO 9660 does not include the Rock Ridge extensions that hold the POSIX data. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott -- 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
bruce woodley wrote: I am a newbie to Linux on z, but I have been given the go-ahead to install a linux on z system subject to the constraints: I thought you were making fine music! 1) I keep it quiet to avoid offending our Solaris admins 2) do not invite fee-charging external consultants 3) not not install z/VM 4) do not compromise the integrity of existing Mainframe-based systems I work for a retail company in England, and I have proposed making use of our normally idle Disaster Recovery mainframe (a z990 3-x model) to install either Suse or Red Hat Linux distributions. I/we elected to use the Native LPAR install method, using the tape loader and install DVD inserted into the HMC. Native LPAR because we do not (currently!) have z/VM, and tape loader (tapeipl.ikr, parmfile, etc on a cart), followed by installing packages on the DVD within the HMC, because our D/R network is isolated so that I can't access a suitable server. (The Suse SLES10 SP1/SP2 install failed because of mismatch between the TAPEIPL modules and the memory resident INITRD file system. I guess no one at Suse/Novell thought anyone would install via a TAPEIPL in an native LPAR, so did not test it... :-( ) So I tried RHEL 5.2 which looked much more promising... RHEL 5.2 booted off the tape, and I specified the configuration paramteer values, and then Anaconda install intialised itself. However during the very first rpm package install of system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm, the following error message dialog box is displayed: Package Installation Error The file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt package, or a missing header Please verify your installation source.. etc. REBOOT RETRY Now, I regestered myself on the Red Hat site, and downloaded a trial copy of their distro. I have noted the Installation Number, and I believe I have entered it in correctly when I tried the install. I have also been meticulous in checking the accurary of the DVD image when I downloaded it (to a Windows Vista PC) MD5 Verification:Run md5sum *.iso I used Windows-Vista Roxio CD/DVD burner to burn the ISO image to a DVD.. I have tried running through the RHEL 5.1 install several times, specifying different install packages, but rpm validity checking always fails when attempting to install system-config-services (which I guess is always the 1st package to install). I am at a loss to work out what the most likely cause of this error is: 1) invalid entering of Instalation Number (does rpm use this unique key?), rpm does not, but Anaconda does. 2) invalid or corrupt DVD (I would have thought unlikely, given that I successfully extracted tapeipl.ikr and Initrd etc off it). 3) newbie ingnorance (a most likely cause?!) I have *not* contacted Red Hat support directly, because I may get billed, or an enterprising salesman may come knocking on my Department Managers door. I don't know, but I would expect some level of free support for prospective customers. However, keeping it quiet becomes more difficult. In order to generate some interest in Linux on a Mainframe, I have to demonstrate what is possible without resorting to: additional software (z/VM), or additional costs (experienced consultants). Both software and consultants can come later - once I have generated sufficient interest by demonstrating a real system. I am submitting this post in the hope that a more experienced individual may provide me with some pointers that will help me make a success of Linux on Mainframe! I like to install Linux over a network. If you can get a PC close enough (on the wire) that is a good start. I've recently been deploying Windows using Linux. I downloaded the systemrescuecd and followed obstructions to create a bootable USB drive. There are instructions for doing this on Widows and on Linux. I used a 1 Gbyte USB disk, five bucks from the local officeworks. I found once I have the USB booting, I can customise it further as I go. All that's needed is a script or ten in the USB disk's root directory, and vim is one of the text editors included. One of the boot options it to cache itself in RAM, so as soon as it's going I can pull the USB drive and put it safely in my pocket. It includes an NFS server (that's what you need to serve up the install image), ssh client and server, and if you must, a GUI. The other possibility for practice, is to download hercules (I think it's included in Fedora) and emulate a zSeries at home. It's not as fast, but it is _very_ quiet. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1...@coco.merseine.nu z1...@coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Jax! That was quick - I was anticipating a turn-around time of 24 hours or so! I believe that we did find this rpm directory on the DVD, (along with many others), but we were not able to rpm -V it because we do not have any linux (of any distro on any platform) at work. However, I have been given a Solaris Live CD (by the Solaris admins!),but I do not think Sun use rpm packaging method, so I do not think that this would help me. Can you use the Solaris Live CD to boot a system on the same network (possibly a laptop)? If so, one idea is to boot Solaris on the laptop, mount the DVD locally, then share that out via NFS/HTTP/FTP. Then you could perform a network install and point to this system. This assumes though, that you can eject the Solaris Live CD, or you have an external DVD drive though. If not, you can download a Fedora 10 LiveCD: http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora You can boot with the command-line option live_ram. If you have roughly 1 GB RAM or more, this option loads everything into RAM so you can eject the DVD and reuse the drive. Then use that as the NFS/HTTP/FTP installation server. -Brad On my Fedora system at home, I do not have a DVD drive, so I cant rpm -V there. I will pass on your response to some mainframers within my team at work, and see if we can see a way forward. regards rapp01 On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Jack Woehr j...@well.com wrote: bruce woodley wrote: Package Installation Error The file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt package, or a missing header Please verify your installation source.. etc. REBOOT RETRY One think you could check is whether or not the file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm is or is not present anywhere on the DVD. If it is not you can probably find it somewhere and compose yourself a new ISO with the missing file present. -- Jack J. Woehr# I run for public office from time to time. It's like http://www.well.com/~jax http://www.well.com/%7Ejax # working out at the gym, you sweat a lot, don't get http://www.softwoehr.com # anywhere, and you fall asleep easily afterwards. -- 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 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 -- Brad Hinson bhin...@redhat.com Sr. Support Engineer Lead, System z Red Hat, Inc. (919) 754-4198 www.redhat.com/z -- 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
On 2/10/2009 at 1:10 AM, bruce woodley rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: -snip- (The Suse SLES10 SP1/SP2 install failed because of mismatch between the TAPEIPL modules and the memory resident INITRD file system. I guess no one at Suse/Novell thought anyone would install via a TAPEIPL in an native LPAR, so did not test it... :-( ) That's kind of hard to believe, but it appears you are right. :( TAPEIPL.IKR Linux version 2.6.16.54-0.2.5-default (ge...@buildhost) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP Mon Apr 14 17:24:07 UTC 2008 VMRDR.IKR Linux version 2.6.16.60-0.21-default (ge...@buildhost) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070115 (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP Tue May 6 12:41:02 UTC 2008 I have no idea why no one else has run into this before. I know lots of people have been doing LPAR installs. Please try making a second copy of the DVD and IPLing from the DVD reader in the HMC. That should work, and won't require any network access to get the IPL started. In the meantime, I'm going to have a little, umm, chat with our QA folks. Mark -- 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
RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
I am a newbie to Linux on z, but I have been given the go-ahead to install a linux on z system subject to the constraints: 1) I keep it quiet to avoid offending our Solaris admins 2) do not invite fee-charging external consultants 3) not not install z/VM 4) do not compromise the integrity of existing Mainframe-based systems I work for a retail company in England, and I have proposed making use of our normally idle Disaster Recovery mainframe (a z990 3-x model) to install either Suse or Red Hat Linux distributions. I/we elected to use the Native LPAR install method, using the tape loader and install DVD inserted into the HMC. Native LPAR because we do not (currently!) have z/VM, and tape loader (tapeipl.ikr, parmfile, etc on a cart), followed by installing packages on the DVD within the HMC, because our D/R network is isolated so that I can't access a suitable server. (The Suse SLES10 SP1/SP2 install failed because of mismatch between the TAPEIPL modules and the memory resident INITRD file system. I guess no one at Suse/Novell thought anyone would install via a TAPEIPL in an native LPAR, so did not test it... :-( ) So I tried RHEL 5.2 which looked much more promising... RHEL 5.2 booted off the tape, and I specified the configuration paramteer values, and then Anaconda install intialised itself. However during the very first rpm package install of system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm, the following error message dialog box is displayed: Package Installation Error The file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt package, or a missing header Please verify your installation source.. etc. REBOOT RETRY Now, I regestered myself on the Red Hat site, and downloaded a trial copy of their distro. I have noted the Installation Number, and I believe I have entered it in correctly when I tried the install. I have also been meticulous in checking the accurary of the DVD image when I downloaded it (to a Windows Vista PC) MD5 Verification:Run md5sum *.iso I used Windows-Vista Roxio CD/DVD burner to burn the ISO image to a DVD.. I have tried running through the RHEL 5.1 install several times, specifying different install packages, but rpm validity checking always fails when attempting to install system-config-services (which I guess is always the 1st package to install). I am at a loss to work out what the most likely cause of this error is: 1) invalid entering of Instalation Number (does rpm use this unique key?), 2) invalid or corrupt DVD (I would have thought unlikely, given that I successfully extracted tapeipl.ikr and Initrd etc off it). 3) newbie ingnorance (a most likely cause?!) I have *not* contacted Red Hat support directly, because I may get billed, or an enterprising salesman may come knocking on my Department Managers door. In order to generate some interest in Linux on a Mainframe, I have to demonstrate what is possible without resorting to: additional software (z/VM), or additional costs (experienced consultants). Both software and consultants can come later - once I have generated sufficient interest by demonstrating a real system. I am submitting this post in the hope that a more experienced individual may provide me with some pointers that will help me make a success of Linux on Mainframe! Regards Rapp -- 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
bruce woodley wrote: Package Installation Error The file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt package, or a missing header Please verify your installation source.. etc. REBOOT RETRY One think you could check is whether or not the file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm is or is not present anywhere on the DVD. If it is not you can probably find it somewhere and compose yourself a new ISO with the missing file present. -- Jack J. Woehr# I run for public office from time to time. It's like http://www.well.com/~jax # working out at the gym, you sweat a lot, don't get http://www.softwoehr.com # anywhere, and you fall asleep easily afterwards. -- 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
Hi Jax! That was quick - I was anticipating a turn-around time of 24 hours or so! I believe that we did find this rpm directory on the DVD, (along with many others), but we were not able to rpm -V it because we do not have any linux (of any distro on any platform) at work. However, I have been given a Solaris Live CD (by the Solaris admins!),but I do not think Sun use rpm packaging method, so I do not think that this would help me. On my Fedora system at home, I do not have a DVD drive, so I cant rpm -V there. I will pass on your response to some mainframers within my team at work, and see if we can see a way forward. regards rapp01 On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Jack Woehr j...@well.com wrote: bruce woodley wrote: Package Installation Error The file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt package, or a missing header Please verify your installation source.. etc. REBOOT RETRY One think you could check is whether or not the file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.e15.noarch.rpm is or is not present anywhere on the DVD. If it is not you can probably find it somewhere and compose yourself a new ISO with the missing file present. -- Jack J. Woehr# I run for public office from time to time. It's like http://www.well.com/~jax http://www.well.com/%7Ejax # working out at the gym, you sweat a lot, don't get http://www.softwoehr.com # anywhere, and you fall asleep easily afterwards. -- 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 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
Re: RHEL 5.2 Native LPAR install problem: Anaconda reports rpm 'corruption' error when attempting to install first package
On Tuesday, 02/10/2009 at 01:10 EST, bruce woodley rapp0...@googlemail.com wrote: I have also been meticulous in checking the accurary of the DVD image when I downloaded it (to a Windows Vista PC) MD5 Verification:Run md5sum *.iso I used Windows-Vista Roxio CD/DVD burner to burn the ISO image to a DVD. I have tried running through the RHEL 5.1 install several times, specifying different install packages, but rpm validity checking always fails when attempting to install system-config-services (which I guess is always the 1st package to install). IIRC, Windows doesn't support some of the DVD extensions used by Linux, particularly if the filesystem has symbolic links in it. Try putting the DVD in a Linux or other Unix FTP server. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott -- 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
