Package: installation-reports
Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?> IPL from virtual RDR of CMS UserID
Image version: <Fill in date and from where you got the image> 12-26-2005 "Sarge" s390 ftp directory
Date: <Date and time of the install> 12-27-2005
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)> IBM 9672 G4
Processor: z/VM 3.1
Memory: 2 GB main, 6 GB expanded
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [o]
Configure network HW: [o]
Config network: [o]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [o]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems: Installer was unable to contact any mirror site successfully, kept saying "Mirror site not available
or can't find Release file". I was able to FTP to several sites, however, from another CMS UserID
running in the same z/VM system, using the same TCPIP stack as my Linux UserID was connecting to
through an IUCV connection. The IUCV LINK showed "CONNECTED" from a NETSTAT DEVLINKS command and
I could also PING the IP address I gave the installer to use for itself.
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
The s390-disks don't seem to be ANYWHERE in the "sarge" directories. in fact, the images for all the platforms don't seem
to be in "Sarge" like they are in "woody".
This is very frustrating.