Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-14 Thread Tom Huegel
Dan, I gave up on FEDORA17 and gave FEDORA18 a try... Much nicer interface! I finally got F18 to install but had the following problems. My installation choices required 1.15G DASD I dedicated a 3390-3 disk (about 2.4G) but the installer said it wasn't enough, the old filesystem had to be removed.

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-12 Thread Rick Troth
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Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-12 Thread Scott Rohling
Could be you've already checked - but you may need to specify the directory of the command.. (/bin/tar) since you may not have any path set at the point you're at? Scott Rohling On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Tom Huegel wrote: > What a bummer, 'tar' doesn't seem to be in the 'BASIC' installe

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-12 Thread Tom Huegel
What a bummer, 'tar' doesn't seem to be in the 'BASIC' installed package. On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Rob van der Heij wrote: > On 11 December 2012 21:41, Tom Huegel wrote: > > > Thanks Rick. now I just need to learn about rsync. > > And install it, and not make a mistake that wipes ou

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-11 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 11 December 2012 21:41, Tom Huegel wrote: > Thanks Rick. now I just need to learn about rsync. And install it, and not make a mistake that wipes out your source and make sure you exclude the path where you mount the target. Been there... ;-)You can do the same with "tar" and it has a

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Huegel
Thanks Rick. now I just need to learn about rsync. On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Rick Troth wrote: > At this point, you can replicate from VDISK to ECKD. 'rsync' makes this > relatively easy. There are a few things to look out for and some fix-up > once copied. > > > On Dec 11, 2012 11:44

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-11 Thread Rick Troth
At this point, you can replicate from VDISK to ECKD. 'rsync' makes this relatively easy. There are a few things to look out for and some fix-up once copied. On Dec 11, 2012 11:44 AM, "Tom Huegel" wrote: > Success !! Sort of. > I tried many many different things i.e. using different DASD 3390 mo

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Huegel
Success !! Sort of. I tried many many different things i.e. using different DASD 3390 mod 3 and mod 9 and different install options etc. so finally I tried FBA .. I don't have any FBA DASD so I defined a 2G V-DISK and the install worked. Now I am OK as long as the FEDORA machine is never logged off

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Tom Huegel
Fedora 18 ends like this: [ [1;32m OK [0m] Reached target Basic System. dracut-initqueue[494]: Warning: Could not boot. dracut-initqueue[494]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists [ [1;32m OK [0m] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. [ [1;32m OK [0m] Reached target Basic System. dracut-initqueue[

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Tom Huegel
If I try to go further I eventually get this message and the installation aborts. /usr/sbin/build-locale-archive: cannot add to locale archive: Read-only file system Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/yuminstall.py", line 181, in callback IO

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread David Boyes
LXFMT works on both ECKD and emulated 9336es. It does not work on pure FCP. I'll get that page fixed. On Dec 10, 2012, at 3:19 PM, "Michael MacIsaac" wrote: > Tom, > > Wait, on ww.sinenomine.net/products/vm/lxfmt I see: > > This package contains a CMS utility to format and/or partition FBA

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Tom Huegel
My dasd is ECKD. On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:22 PM, David Boyes wrote: > LXFMT works on both ECKD and emulated 9336es. It does not work on pure FCP. > > I'll get that page fixed. > > > > On Dec 10, 2012, at 3:19 PM, "Michael MacIsaac" > wrote: > > > Tom, > > > > Wait, on ww.sinenomine.net/produc

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, > I use lxfmt to format the disk before starting the install.. That doesn't > eliminate the error. OK, like I said - "a shot in the dark"... "Mike MacIsaac" -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instruction

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, Wait, on ww.sinenomine.net/products/vm/lxfmt I see: This package contains a CMS utility to format and/or partition FBA disks for Linux use. Are these SCSI/FBA or ECKD disks? "Mike MacIsaac" -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / s

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 12/10/2012 at 11:29 AM, Rick Troth wrote: > If you already have other zLinux installed, I would go so far as to > pre-format the F17 disks with that system and then run the F17 > installation. There's aways the choice to use LXFMT from Sine Nomine Associates: LXFMT 2.2 - CMS-Based Linux D

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Tom Huegel
I use lxfmt to format the disk before starting the install.. That doesn't eliminate the error. On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Mark Post wrote: > >>> On 12/10/2012 at 11:29 AM, Rick Troth wrote: > > If you already have other zLinux installed, I would go so far as to > > pre-format the F17 dis

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Rick Troth
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Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Dan Horák
Michael MacIsaac píše v Po 10. 12. 2012 v 11:22 -0500: > Tom, > > > I always get this error when it tries to write the configuration changes > to > > disk. > > > > Entering > > debugger... > > > /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devices.py(796)create() > > This sounds familia

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, > I always get this error when it tries to write the configuration changes to > disk. > > Entering > debugger... > /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devices.py(796)create() This sounds familiar. There's an issue (aka bug :)) documented on p. 115 of "The Virtualization Co

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Dan Horák
Tom Huegel píše v Po 10. 12. 2012 v 07:35 -0800: > I always get this error when it tries to write the configuration changes to > disk. > > Entering > debugger... > > > /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devices.py(796)create() > > -> raise DeviceCreateError(str(e), self.name)

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Tom Huegel
I always get this error when it tries to write the configuration changes to disk. Entering debugger... > /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devices.py(796)create() -> raise DeviceCreateError(str(e), self.name) (Pdb) On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Tom Huegel wrote: > N

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Tom Huegel
No. I just followed the directions to open a VNC connection. On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > > raise DeviceCreateError(str(e), self.name) > ... > > Interesting. I have been trying for 2-3 weeks and still can't get > through > the install. > > Just a shot in the dark: di

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Michael MacIsaac
> raise DeviceCreateError(str(e), self.name) ... > Interesting. I have been trying for 2-3 weeks and still can't get through the install. Just a shot in the dark: did you try opening a root shell before kicking off the installer and dasdfmting all disks? "Mike MacIsaac"

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread Tom Huegel
Interesting. I have been trying for 2-3 weeks and still can't get through the install. On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:34 AM, MANIK BAJPAI wrote: > I have. > > > On 12/9/2012 6:28 AM, Neale Ferguson wrote: > >> We have. >> >> On 08/12/2012, at 19:50, "Tom Huegel" wrote: >> >> Has anyone successfully

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-10 Thread MANIK BAJPAI
I have. On 12/9/2012 6:28 AM, Neale Ferguson wrote: We have. On 08/12/2012, at 19:50, "Tom Huegel" wrote: Has anyone successfully installed Fedora 17 on z (not Hercules) ? -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive acce

Re: Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-08 Thread Neale Ferguson
We have. On 08/12/2012, at 19:50, "Tom Huegel" wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed Fedora 17 on z (not Hercules) ? > > -- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.ma

Fedora 17 running on z?

2012-12-08 Thread Tom Huegel
Has anyone successfully installed Fedora 17 on z (not Hercules) ? -- 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