Re: z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-19 Thread David Boyes
Or use L2 connections and DHCP. They don't get a chance to screw it up then. Or see my other suggestion: separate GLAN/VSWITCH segments. At least the student can only screw themselves that way. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / sig

z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-19 Thread Roy P Costa
Thanks to all of you that provided your input. Looks like there is no very simple way to avoid this. We did use one tactic that was suggested, but did not post on the class wall any threats of physical harm if the wrong I.P. address was used. Roy Costa IBM International Technical Support Organi

Re: z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-19 Thread Mauro Souza
I was thinking about it yesterday, and come with this: what if you assign the guests to a vswitch with isolation mode turned on and put the FTP server in another interface? The guest with incorrect IP would not "poison" the ARP cache of everybody, and you could configure your gateway to drop any pa

Re: z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Sunday, 03/18/2012 at 07:18 EDT, Mauro Souza wrote: > Just write in the wall: > "People using incorrect IP address will be shot in the head." > > That's what I do, and not even one duplicated IP occurred since then... > > And if your students are Skyrim players: "People using incorrect IP addre

Re: z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-18 Thread Mauro Souza
Just write in the wall: "People using incorrect IP address will be shot in the head." That's what I do, and not even one duplicated IP occurred since then... And if your students are Skyrim players: "People using incorrect IP address will get an arrow to the knee". Mauro http://mauro.limeiratem.

Re: z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 03/16/2012 at 02:07 EDT, Roy P Costa/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS wrote: > During the installation process, one of the students during the initial > z/VM "RAM" disk booting process, mistakenly entered the I.P. address of > the host z/VM system as the I.P. address for the linux guest that was >

Re: z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-16 Thread David Boyes
> We very easily replicated this problem and cannot see a way to prevent this > from occurring. Yep. If you have all the students on the same segment, and somebody ARPs for the VM address and gets it, you lose until you can get the VM stack to ARP for it again. > Has anyone else seen this prob

Re: z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-16 Thread Rob van der Heij
Don't you think the Linux guests finally used all allocated memory and one got stuck in the eligible list? -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message:

z/VM host FTP hang on SLES11 install with incorrect linux guest I.P. address

2012-03-16 Thread Roy P Costa
We were running a workshop recently where we encountered an "interesting" problem regarding FTP on the z/VM (6.1.0) host hanging. We had numerous students doing a SLES11 s390x install on z/VM guest userids were they were to connecting to an FTP server that maintained the installation code. During

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/7/2010 at 3:02 PM, "Frank M. Ramaekers" >>> wrote: > Oh, it completely aborts when this happens. > > Okay, one more time > > DASD Disk Management stated that they were formatted...requested it to > format them again. If this is a group within your organization, whether they for

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/7/2010 at 3:05 PM, "Frank M. Ramaekers" >>> wrote: > Okay, you recommend not to have / (not /root) in a LogVol. But you > don't specify what you do recommend (what in a LogVol and what not). > What about /boot or /root? I recommend keeping /root in the root file system, because that

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
Stuck on SLES11 install.. >>> On 1/7/2010 at 1:30 PM, "Frank M. Ramaekers" wrote: -snip- > Created a single Logical Volume (LogVol00), formatted and assigned to /. As I've stated numerous times in the past, I strongly recommend you not have your root file system be a

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
.edu] On Behalf Of Mauro Souza Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:52 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Stuck on SLES11 install.. Somewhere back in the installation process, when you selected the devices, you should have selected the dasds, then activated them, and FORMATed them. Hit Back

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/7/2010 at 1:30 PM, "Frank M. Ramaekers" >>> wrote: -snip- > Created a single Logical Volume (LogVol00), formatted and assigned to /. As I've stated numerous times in the past, I strongly recommend you not have your root file system be an LV. That's not an official Novell position, b

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Mauro Souza
> > > > > -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Dave > Jones > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:55 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Stuck on SLES11 install.. > > Hi, Frank. > > Wel

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Mauro Souza
Fax: (254)741-5777 > Waco, Texas 76710 > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Dave > Jones > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:55 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
4)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr.Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76710 -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:55 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Stuck on

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Dave Jones
)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76701 From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Samir Reddahi Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:39 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Stuck on SLES11 install.. Hi Frank, When I did the installation I

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Dave Jones
0 9:27 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Stuck on SLES11 install.. Hi, Frank. Yes, the "no automatic proposal" is normal. Just select the "Change" option and tell the installer script how you want your disk(s) partitioned and where to assign the mount points. Don't

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr. Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas  76701 From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Samir Reddahi Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:39 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Stuck on SLES11 ins

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Samir Reddahi
.EDU cc Subject Stuck on SLES11 install.. ...I'm getting the following screen (SSH/FTP install): Partitioning┬│ ││ ││ ││No automatic proposal possible. Specify mount points manually in the ││ ││'Partitioner' di

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:27 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Stuck on SLES11 install.. Hi, Frank. Yes, the "no automatic proposal" is normal. Just select the "Change" option and tell the installer script how you want your disk(s) partitioned and where to

Re: Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Frank. Yes, the "no automatic proposal" is normal. Just select the "Change" option and tell the installer script how you want your disk(s) partitioned and where to assign the mount points. Don't forget to allocate a swap disk, as well. Let us know if you run into any other problems. DJ

Stuck on SLES11 install..

2010-01-07 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
...I'm getting the following screen (SSH/FTP install): Partitioning┬│ ││││ ││No automatic proposal possible. Specify mount points manually in the││ ││'Parti

Re: sles11 install question

2009-12-01 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 12/1/2009 at 12:05 PM, Marian Gasparovic wrote: > Strange. So what is wrong with this parameter file ? Nothing particular that I can see. You might try omitting the parameters that I don't have specified: Broadcast=9.60.18.255 Hostname=gpok224 But, I'm not very optimistic that will mak

Re: sles11 install question

2009-12-01 Thread Marian Gasparovic
wrote: > From: Mark Post > Subject: Re: sles11 install question > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 12:12 AM > >>> On 11/26/2009 at 10:30 > AM, Marian Gasparovic > wrote: > > Hi, > > when installing SLES via NFS I used to

Re: sles11 install question

2009-11-30 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 11/26/2009 at 10:30 AM, Marian Gasparovic wrote: > Hi, > when installing SLES via NFS I used to point parmfile directly to .iso image > of SLES DVD, without loopmounting it. But on SLES11 I am getting an error. > > Loading file:/mounts/mp_/SLES-11-DVD-s390x-GM-DVD1.iso - failed > >

sles11 install question

2009-11-26 Thread Marian Gasparovic
Hi, when installing SLES via NFS I used to point parmfile directly to .iso image of SLES DVD, without loopmounting it. But on SLES11 I am getting an error. Loading file:/mounts/mp_/SLES-11-DVD-s390x-GM-DVD1.iso - failed *** Could not find the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Repository. Acti

Re: Questions regarding SLES11 install

2009-10-16 Thread Bernie Wu
4:50 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Questions regarding SLES11 install >>> On 10/15/2009 at 1:46 PM, Bernie Wu wrote: > Hi List, > Just attempting to do my first SLES11 install and the install process keeps > on prompting for all sorts of information even though a PARMFI

Re: Questions regarding SLES11 install

2009-10-15 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 10/15/2009 at 1:46 PM, Bernie Wu wrote: > Hi List, > Just attempting to do my first SLES11 install and the install process keeps > on prompting for all sorts of information even though a PARMFILE is provided. > It almost looks like the PARMFILE is being ignored.

Questions regarding SLES11 install

2009-10-15 Thread Bernie Wu
Hi List, Just attempting to do my first SLES11 install and the install process keeps on prompting for all sorts of information even though a PARMFILE is provided. It almost looks like the PARMFILE is being ignored. Can someone tell me how many prompts I have to reply to before the actual

Re: SLES11 install

2009-04-20 Thread Mark Pace
I did not report it. I assume that if IBM Deutschland Research knows about it, then Novell does as well. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Tobias Doerkes wrote: > hi, > > did anyone report this to novell and got an answer how they want to handle > this in the future? > > regards, > tobias doerke

Re: SLES11 install

2009-04-19 Thread Tobias Doerkes
hi, did anyone report this to novell and got an answer how they want to handle this in the future? regards, tobias doerkes. >Mark Pace >Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:21:56 -0700 > >Thank you, Thorsten. That worked. > >On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Thorsten Diehl wrote: > >> Hi Mark, >> >> please omi

Re: SLES11 install

2009-04-03 Thread Mark Pace
Thank you, Thorsten. That worked. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Thorsten Diehl wrote: > Hi Mark, > > please omit the OSAHWaddr! However, in that case booting the instsys > will not run unattended anymore. When the setup routine asks for the MAC > address, please leave it blank (press enter twi

Re: SLES11 install

2009-04-03 Thread Thorsten Diehl
Hi Mark, please omit the OSAHWaddr! However, in that case booting the instsys will not run unattended anymore. When the setup routine asks for the MAC address, please leave it blank (press enter twice under z/VM) and the remainder should work. By the way, it has been a good practice to limit the

Re: SLES11 install

2009-04-02 Thread Ayer, Paul W
Do you need to add Vswitch=1 to your parms file maybe? In Red Hat we do ... -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:49 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: SLES11 install Has anyone

SLES11 install

2009-04-02 Thread Mark Pace
Has anyone successfully installed SLES11 using a Layer2 vswitch? I've installed using layer3 vswitch then migrated to a layer2. Also installed via hipersockets. But can't do an install on a layer2 switch. checking CCW address 0.0.1d00 checking CCW address 0.0.1d01 checking CCW address 0.0.1d02