Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Yes Terry martin – Contractor Cell – 443 854-2452 Office (NCC) – 410 965-8682 Email – terry.mar...@ssa.gov -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 6:58 AM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Hi Still having issues. We have opened a PMR with REDHAT. In the meantime we are punching the PARMFILE now but still getting the same error. We tried it with multiple memory settings. This time it was set to 3G. Could the INITRD corrupted at the ISO level ? Or is it the Kernel Image that

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/25/2014 at 10:21 EDT, Martin, Terry Contractor terry.mar...@ssa.gov wrote: Could the INITRD corrupted at the ISO level ? Or is it the Kernel Image that is the problem? We have been concentrating on the INITRD file up to this point. It isn't the kernel since you can't see the

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Mark Pace
Is there an MD5 chksum routine for z/VM? On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Monday, 08/25/2014 at 10:21 EDT, Martin, Terry Contractor terry.mar...@ssa.gov wrote: Could the INITRD corrupted at the ISO level ? Or is it the Kernel Image that is

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Alan, If the theory is that the INITRD file is somehow corrupted and say the source (ISO) is ok could it be that it is getting messed up when transferring to our workstation first and then loading it from there to the z/Linux guest? If so can I take it directly from the HTTP server where the

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Thanks Alan. If it were at the source, then everyone would have the same issue. I don't think this was tried anywhere else other than at the z/VM level. The x86 REDHAT folks loaded the ISO files to a HTTP server for us and we downloaded it from there. We used the PCOMM SEND/REC protocol

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Mark, Can a CHECKSUM be done at the source level to verify the INITRD file there? Terry martin – Contractor Cell – 443 854-2452 Office (NCC) – 410 965-8682 Email – terry.mar...@ssa.gov -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Mark Pace
The way to tell if the ISO is corrupted is with MD5 checksums. All the ISO files I've seen made available by SuSE and RH have the MD5 checksum values so that you can verify them. On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Martin, Terry Contractor terry.mar...@ssa.gov wrote: Thanks Alan. If it were

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Rick Troth
On 08/25/2014 11:06 AM, Martin, Terry Contractor wrote: Can a CHECKSUM be done at the source level to verify the INITRD file there? Spin-up the CD/DVD in a workstation (esp a Linux box or Mac) and run 'md5sum' against the INITRD file on the disk. Compare that hex string with the published MD5

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/25/2014 at 10:56 EDT, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: Is there an MD5 chksum routine for z/VM? If you have the non-IBM CMS Pipelines runtime distribution, check out the digest md5 stage. Alan Altmark Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant Lab Services System z Delivery

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Ok thanks. I will give this a try. Terry martin – Contractor Cell – 443 854-2452 Office (NCC) – 410 965-8682 Email – terry.mar...@ssa.gov -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Troth Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 11:17 AM To:

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Ihno Krumreich
Hi Terry, can you please try the installation with only 2 Gbyte and set the memory to 20G after the installation. Regards Ihno On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 02:55:33PM +, Martin, Terry Contractor wrote: Alan, If the theory is that the INITRD file is somehow corrupted and say the source

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Berthold Gunreben
could you please quote the parmfile that you use for the installation here somewhere? One issue that is found in the logs is this one: No filesystem could mount root, tried: iso9660 I guess that this actually should be a CPIO archive and nothing like iso9660 (I am not from redhat, thus I

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Hi Ihno, I have already done this. I have set to 1G, 2G, 3G, and 20G and still get the same error. Terry martin - Contractor Cell - 443 854-2452 Office (NCC) - 410 965-8682 Email - terry.mar...@ssa.gov -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Here is a copy of the PARMFILE that we are using now. We did try it with just the first line and that did not work either. root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=4 CMSDASD=991 CMSCONFFILE=RHEL65.CONF vnc vncpassword=redhat mpath Terry martin – Contractor Cell – 443 854-2452 Office

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Mark. Yes I have n MD5 sum routine, callable from Rexx here. would you like a copy? DJ On 08/25/2014 09:55 AM, Mark Pace wrote: Is there an MD5 chksum routine for z/VM? On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Monday, 08/25/2014 at 10:21 EDT,

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Dave Jones
Alan is referring to the CMS/TSO Pipelines Runtime Library Distribution which you can find here: http://vm.marist.edu/~pipeline/ This version of Pipes supports significant new function over the version that is shipped with z/VM. DJ On 08/25/2014 10:20 AM, Alan Altmark wrote: On Monday,

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Berthold Gunreben
On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:46:04 + Martin, Terry Contractor terry.mar...@ssa.gov wrote: Here is a copy of the PARMFILE that we are using now. We did try it with just the first line and that did not work either. root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=4 CMSDASD=991

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Berthold, Yes 991 is what we accessed the 191 as. Here is what the CONF file looks like. I replaced some IPs and DNS for XX's for security sake. Btw it not getting to the CONF file before it fails. HOSTNAME=dmapsm01.ba.ssa.gov DASD=700,200-209,210-217,902-903 NETTYPE=qeth

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Dave, You said you had a copy of a MD5 CHECKSUM REXX EXEC. Can I get a copy of that and the directions on how I would run against the INITRD image file that is sitting on my 'A' disk? Terry martin - Contractor Cell - 443 854-2452 Office (NCC) - 410 965-8682 Email - terry.mar...@ssa.gov

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Berthold Gunreben
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:02:33 + Martin, Terry Contractor terry.mar...@ssa.gov wrote: ... But when I ran the EXEC the Neale suggested I received the following which did not include anything about the above in YELLOW? Not sure what the means but it would seem that something changes not sure

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
Berthold, Yes, you are looking at an old listing. I ran one that did not have the PARMFILE but corrected that later. You will notice that I have the PARMFILE is the current run: redhat 00: 003 FILES PURGED 00: RDR FILE 0109 SENT FROM DMAPSM01 PUN WAS 0109 RECS 114K CPY 001 A NOHOLD

Re: Error when load z/Linux for first time

2014-08-25 Thread Dave Jones
Delivered to Terry off list. DJ On 08/25/2014 11:32 AM, Martin, Terry Contractor wrote: Dave, You said you had a copy of a MD5 CHECKSUM REXX EXEC. Can I get a copy of that and the directions on how I would run against the INITRD image file that is sitting on my 'A' disk? Terry martin -

Performance Toolkit and zLinux

2014-08-25 Thread Tom Huegel
IBM used to have the RMF module to download for zLINUX so it could be monitored via Performance Toolkit. Currently z/VM 6.3 SUSE11 that module no longer available. Is there a replacement?, What is it? Thanks -- For LINUX-390

Re: Performance Toolkit and zLinux

2014-08-25 Thread Rich Smrcina
zVPS. On 08/25/2014 03:39 PM, Tom Huegel wrote: IBM used to have the RMF module to download for zLINUX so it could be monitored via Performance Toolkit. Currently z/VM 6.3 SUSE11 that module no longer available. Is there a replacement?, What is it? Thanks

Re: Performance Toolkit and zLinux

2014-08-25 Thread Tom Huegel
I want something free.. On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Rich Smrcina r...@velocitysoftware.com wrote: zVPS. On 08/25/2014 03:39 PM, Tom Huegel wrote: IBM used to have the RMF module to download for zLINUX so it could be monitored via Performance Toolkit. Currently z/VM 6.3 SUSE11 that

Re: Performance Toolkit and zLinux

2014-08-25 Thread bernardhines
Tom see if there is anything out here for you? http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/rmf/tools/rmftools.html The information contained in this message may be confidential and is intended to be exclusively for the addressee. Should you receive this message unintentionally, please do not

Re: Performance Toolkit and zLinux

2014-08-25 Thread Martin, Terry Contractor
I am in the same boat. I would like to use Velocity for my client but since is a POC they want to sick with something that is already there like PTK. However I am concerned when the time comes to monitor the z/Linux part of this PTK will not do the trick without some other piece of software to

Re: Performance Toolkit and zLinux

2014-08-25 Thread Barton Robinson
Our software (zVPS) is not free, but is no charge for POC. Our mission is to help you succeed with the Linux on z POC. On 8/25/2014 7:46 PM, Martin, Terry Contractor wrote: I am in the same boat. I would like to use Velocity for my client but since is a POC they want to sick with something

Re: Performance Toolkit and zLinux

2014-08-25 Thread Barton Robinson
The RMFPMS was a brilliant but misguided piece of software that the author stopped supporting about 10 years ago. If it costs several IFLs to run free software, there's a lot of misguidance going around The best thing about some of these tools is that your management can't tell what their