Re: Network Problem installing SLES12 SP1

2015-12-22 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 12/22/2015 at 10:45 AM, "Walters, Gene P" wrote: > We are running VM 6.3 and I am attempting to install SLES12 SP1 from the VM > reader using NFS like I have done with all other versions. > > I have copied the needed files into the RDR and execute the SLES12 EXEC

Re: Curious about crash.

2015-12-22 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 12/22/2015 at 05:40 PM, Rick Troth wrote: > On 12/22/2015 04:16 PM, Tom Huegel wrote: >> My ignorance overflows.. >> When I look on my INTEL LINUX I can find grub.cfg in boot/grub2 but I >> cannot find it in the zLINUX. Most likely because it doesn't exist on your

Re: Curious about crash.

2015-12-22 Thread Tom Huegel
My ignorance overflows.. When I look on my INTEL LINUX I can find grub.cfg in boot/grub2 but I cannot find it in the zLINUX. ls /boot bootmap symvers-2.6.32-573.8.1.el6.s390x.gz config-2.6.32-431.el6.s390x System.map-2.6.32-431.el6.s390x

Re: Curious about crash.

2015-12-22 Thread Rick Troth
On 12/22/2015 04:16 PM, Tom Huegel wrote: > My ignorance overflows.. > When I look on my INTEL LINUX I can find grub.cfg in boot/grub2 but I > cannot find it in the zLINUX. Probably me making ASSumptions. GRUB recently learned how to play in z land, and the distros have picked that up. There are

Network Problem installing SLES12 SP1

2015-12-22 Thread Walters, Gene P
We are running VM 6.3 and I am attempting to install SLES12 SP1 from the VM reader using NFS like I have done with all other versions. I have copied the needed files into the RDR and execute the SLES12 EXEC I start the installation, enter the required info when it goes to setup the network

Re: VOL1

2015-12-22 Thread Rick Troth
Here is a little more info about VOL1 capabilities. The official IBM standard only requires 80 bytes, far less than the 512 bytes reserved for MBR. The MBR reservation is common for many filesystems (EXT2/3/4 and others). You can have a VOL1 label while keeping the FS at the front of the disk. It

Re: Curious about crash.

2015-12-22 Thread Rick Troth
On 12/22/2015 11:55 AM, Tom Huegel wrote: > Why these LINUX machines are setup the way they are is a mystery to me. As > part of the lab exercise I used XCAT to provision the machines.. So we're all learning from your experience. Kind of you to walk point with XCAT for the rest of us. :-) >

Re: Curious about crash.

2015-12-22 Thread Tom Huegel
Why these LINUX machines are setup the way they are is a mystery to me. As part of the lab exercise I used XCAT to provision the machines.. Following what Rick said I was able to boot the failing machine.. I don't know what to do next, but it is booted. On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Rick

Re: Network Problem installing SLES12 SP1

2015-12-22 Thread Offer Baruch
Looks like you configured your nic with the wrong layer. Is your vswitch configured in layer2? If so, then you need to specify it is layer2 on the layer2 prompt... Hope this helps Offer Baruch On Dec 22, 2015 5:47 PM, "Walters, Gene P" wrote: > We are running VM 6.3 and I