Re: s390 Etch install problem
On Sep 11, 3:30 pm, GaryR <istg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 11, 11:30 am, Adam Thornton <a...@fsf.net> wrote:
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> > On Sep 11, 2007, at 10:08 AM, GaryR wrote:
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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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> > Nope. We distribute Etch with the installer.
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> > But I think you are right about the lack of ISO: I seem to remember
> > that I assembled my repository using debian-mirror rather than from
> > an ISO image this time around.
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> > So, anyway: try grabbing the three IPL files (plus DEBIAN EXEC) from:
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> >http://ftp.egr.msu.edu/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-s390/current/
> > images/generic/
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> > and see how that works for you
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> > If those fail, then something is very bizarrely wrong.
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> > Adam
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> Well, something IS bizarrely wrong. I get the same error. Is there
> something wrong with the disk I have allocated for root? It is a
> minidisk of 1000 cylinders on a real 3390 Mod 3. I CMS formatted it,
> and did a "RESERVE LNX200 MDISK B" on it. Something else I need to
> put into parmfile?
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> Even booting the CentOS, I get the "checking if image is
> initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip magic numbers)" message, but it doesn't
> seem to mind and marches forward and boots all the way in.
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I am calling off the dogs on this problem. Unfortunately, I was
unable to get Debian booted. But thankfully, I managed to get CentOS
4.5 running in a short amount of time. Very smooth install.
Thanks Adam for your help. Hopefully someone will get the s390 Debian
installer worked on :)
Cheers.
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