*sigh* No Etch did not seem to detect the QDIO adapter for whatever reason. Lenny did, however.
I am pretty much stuck with lcs (for whatever reason, they don't want me to use the other adapter). I am not sure how I am going to get the driver in there to configure it by hand if it is missing from the installer. Looks like I can't get there from here. Thanks, Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bastian Blank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "THOMAS DELANY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:23:00 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: Re: Installation Help on Z9 On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 04:59:59PM -0400, THOMAS DELANY wrote: > Can anyone out there give me a little nudge in the right direction for > getting Debian running on a Z9 in an LPAR? > > I have tried both Etch and Lenny without any success. I am trying to > install from a tape image that I can IPL. I have had not problems in > creating the tape image, or in getting it to IPL. The problem has come > in with the network adapter. Glad to hear that it also works in a LPAR. I'm usualy only able to test within z/VM. > With Etch, when the kernel boots from tape, no network adapters seem > to be detected. With Lenny, I get farther, but the network adapter > that I need to use still does not appear to get detected. So Etch does not even detect the QDIO adapter? > The adapter that I need to use is an OSA adapter in LCS mode. Lenny > detects another OSA adapter on the system that is running in QDIO > mode, but I cannot use that one because it does not have connectivity > to the world. I'm afraid but LCS support was removed from the installer years ago. You can either set it up by hand or use QDIO like everyone else. > I cannot seem to come up with the right kernel parameters for the > kernel parameter file to make it load the driver for the OSA adapter > in LCS mode. The installer does not detect the LCS adapter, and that > is not even a choice presented to me by it. Because the kernel module is missing from the installer. Bastian -- We fight only when there is no other choice. We prefer the ways of peaceful contact. -- Kirk, "Spectre of the Gun", stardate 4385.3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
