Re: s390 Etch install problem
On Sep 11, 9:20 am, Adam Thornton <a...@fsf.net> wrote:
> On Sep 11, 2007, at 8:16 AM, GaryR wrote:
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> > Thanks Adam. I think your response got lost amongst alot of spam. I
> > am (thankfully) a little further along than this. I am completely
> > familiar with the z/VM initrd boot process. I am currently running
> > the 1st Marist build from 2001 in Production. So, the problem is in
> > the kernel that is distributed on the DVD. I have also downloaded the
> > s390 .iso from a Debian mirror hoping that it was a newer build, but
> > no go. Is anyone else having this issue? They must be if they're
> > using the binary's.
>
> I have used the images from the DVD ISO successfully (the one you get
> directly from Debian; I can't speak to any third party ISOs except
> our own), many times. In fact, often enough that we've built our own
> installation server product around them (probably pricey for what you
> want to do; it's intended to be a preconfigured server for an
> installation repository--very handy for large z/VM sites running tens
> or hundreds of images, as it keeps you from having to go to the WAN
> for installation, and if you configure the proxy server, you can
> download fixes once only and only open up WAN access to your
> installation server. Less useful if you're running one or two
> images, though).
>
> Are you sure you have the images all downloaded as binary F 80?
>
> Adam
>
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Yup. Binary Fixed 80. Probably what worked for you in the past was a
version other than Etch. I downloaded Sarge and it boots just fine.
Sarge would work fine for what I am doing. From what I see, there are
no iso's for it but only Jigdo files. I tried loading Jigdo but it
was painfully slow.
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