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Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR IBM S-390 AND IBM ESERVER ZSERIES Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Installation Guide for the IBM® S/390® and IBM® eServer™ zSeries® Architectures...
  • Page 2 All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. The GPG fingerprint of the security@redhat.com key is: CA 20 86 86 2B D6 9D FC 65 F6 EC C4 21 91 80 CD DB 42 A6 0E...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction............................i 1. Document Conventions......................i 2. How to Use This Manual .....................iii 2.1. We Need Feedback! ....................iii 3. Accessibility Solutions ......................iv 1. Steps to Get You Started......................... 1 1.1. Additional S/390 Hardware Preparation for Installation Notes......... 1 1.2.
  • Page 4 A. Removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux..................33 B. Sample Parameter Files ....................... 35 C. Red Hat Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Migration Solution .......... 37 D. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux..........39 D.1. You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux............39 D.1.1.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction Welcome to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide. This guide contains useful information to assist you during the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. From fundamental concepts such as installation preparation to the step-by-step installation procedure, this book will be a valuable resource as you install Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Page 6 Introduction text found on a GUI interface A title, word, or phrase found on a GUI interface screen or window is shown in this style. Text shown in this style is being used to identify a particular GUI screen or an element on a GUI screen (such as text associated with a checkbox or field).

  • Page 7: How To Use This Manual

    Introduction The directory for the kernel source is , where /usr/src/ version-number ¢ £ is the version of the kernel installed on this system. version-number ¤ ¥ Additionally, we use several different strategies to draw your attention to certain pieces of informa- tion.

  • Page 8: We Need Feedback

    If you discover a typo in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide or have thought of a way to make this manual better, we would love to hear from you. Submit a bug report against the component rhel-ig-s390-multi in Bugzilla at: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ When submitting a bug report, be sure to mention the manual’s identifier: rhel-ig-s390-multi(EN)-3-Print-RHI (2003-07-25T17:10) If you have a suggestion for improving the documentation, try to be as specific as possible when de-...

  • Page 9: Steps To Get You Started

    Chapter 1. Steps to Get You Started The installation process assumes basic familarity with the IBM S/390 and IBM eServer zSeries plat- form and makes reference to the IBM Linux for S/390 Redbook (SG24-4987-00 and SG24-6264-00) guide (refer to http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/ for more information). In general, this section assumes that you have reviewed the Redbook and are familiar with setting up logical partitions (LPARs) and virtual machines (VMs) on an S/390 system.
  • Page 10 Linux. The Release Notes are formatted in HTML files located at the root of the disc. Copy the files to your installation directory. For example: cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES*.html /location/of/disk/space/ The Release Notes are also available online from http://www.redhat.com/docs/. Next, make accessible to the installation program via NFS, FTP, •...

  • Page 11: Using Iso Images For Nfs Installs

    Chapter 1. Steps to Get You Started FTP and HTTP installations also support a second type of tree structure. To make it easier to access • the contents of the installation CD-ROMs, mount each CD-ROM or ISO image with the following mount point on the FTP or HTTP server (where X is the number of the CD-ROM or ISO image): /location/of/disk/space/discX/ For example:...

  • Page 12: Installing Under Vm

    (repl • get initrd.img (repl • quit You may now create the parameter file (for example, ). Refer to Appendix B Sample redhat.parm Parameter Files for sample files. Below is an explanation of the file contents. parm parm Important Follow these guidelines when creating a parameter file.
  • Page 13 Chapter 1. Steps to Get You Started • CHANDEV= device input output ¨ © ¨ © ¨ © Where: is the type of device (for example, , or device ctc0 escon0 lcs0 ¨ © is the input port for this device input ¨...
  • Page 14 Chapter 1. Steps to Get You Started Where is the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) for this connection. • DNS= server1 server2 :...: serverN Where is a list of DNS servers, separated by server1 server2 :...: serverN colons. For example: DNS=10.0.0.1:10.0.0.2 •...

  • Page 15: Installing In An Lpar Using The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lpar Cd

    ’CL RDR’ ’PURGE RDR ALL’ ’SPOOL PUNCH * RDR’ ’PUNCH KERNEL IMG A (NOH’ ’PUNCH REDHAT PARM A (NOH’ ’PUNCH INITRD IMG A (NOH’ ’CH RDR ALL KEEP NOHOLD’ ’IPL 00C CLEAR’ The initial installation start-up script prompts you for information about your networking and DASDs unless you have specified all necessary information in the...

  • Page 16: Installing In An Lpar (Common Steps)

    Chapter 1. Steps to Get You Started Host Computer: Hostname or IP address of the FTP server you wish to install from (for example, ftp.redhat.com User ID: Your user name on the FTP server (or anonymous) Password: Your password (use your email address if you are logging in as anonymous) Account: Leave this field empty...

  • Page 17: Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux This chapter explains how to perform a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation using the graphical, mouse-based installation program. The following topics are discussed: Becoming familiar with the installation program’s user interface • Starting the installation program •...
  • Page 18 Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Figure 2-1. Installation Program Widgets as seen in Boot Loader Configuration Figure 2-2. Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk Druid Here is a list of the most important widgets shown in Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2: Window —...

  • Page 19: Using The Keyboard To Navigate

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux than can be displayed in the space reserved for it, a scroll bar appears; if you position the cursor within the text widget, you can then use the [Up] and [Down] arrow keys to scroll through all the information available.

  • Page 20: Installation Using X11 Forwarding

    DASD installation. Additionally, if a file called exists in the directory from which you RedHat/base/updates.img install, it is used for installation program updates. Refer to the file in the install-methods.txt...

  • Page 21: Installing Via Nfs

    Preparing for a Network Installation, you would enter the directory /location/of/disk/space/ which contains the directory. RedHat/ If the NFS server is exporting a mirror of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation tree, enter the directory which contains the directory. (If you do not know this directory RedHat/ path, ask your system administrator.) For example, if the NFS site contains the directory...

  • Page 22: Installing Via Http

    Enter the name or IP address of the FTP site you are installing from, and the name of the directory containing the installation files for your architecture. For example, if the FTP site contains RedHat/ the directory , enter (where arch...

  • Page 23: Welcome To Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Figure 2-5. HTTP Setup Dialog Next, the Welcome dialog appears. You can save disk space by using the ISO images you have already copied to the server. To accom- plish this, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using ISO images without copying them into a single tree by loopback mounting them.

  • Page 24: Disk Partitioning Setup

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Figure 2-6. Language Selection Once you select the appropriate language, click Next to continue. 2.10. Disk Partitioning Setup Partitioning allows you to divide your hard drive into isolated sections, where each section behaves as its own hard drive.

  • Page 25: Automatic Partitioning

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Figure 2-7. Disk Partitioning Setup If you chose to manually partition using Disk Druid, refer to Section 2.12 Partitioning Your System. Warning If you receive an error after the Disk Partitioning Setup phase of the installation saying something similar to The partition table on device hda was unreadable.

  • Page 26: Partitioning Your System

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Keep all partitions and use existing free space — select this option to retain your current data • and partitions, assuming you have enough free space available on your hard drive(s). Figure 2-8. Automatic Partitioning Using your mouse, choose the hard drive(s) on which you want Red Hat Enterprise Linux to be installed.

  • Page 27: Graphical Display Of Dasd Device(S)

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Figure 2-9. Partitioning with Disk Druid The partitioning tool used by the installation program is Disk Druid. With the exception of certain esoteric situations, Disk Druid can handle the partitioning requirements for a typical installation. 2.12.1.

  • Page 28: Partition Fields

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.12.3. Partition Fields Above the partition hierarchy are labels which present information about the partitions you are creat- ing. The labels are defined as follows: Device: This field displays the partition’s device name. •...

  • Page 29: Editing Partitions

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.12.5. Editing Partitions To edit a partition, select the Edit button or double-click on the existing partition. Note If the partition already exists on your hard disk, you can only change the partition’s mount point. To make any other changes, you must delete the partition and recreate it.

  • Page 30: Firewall Configuration

    Administration Tool. Type the command in a shell prompt to launch the Network Administra- redhat-config-network tion Tool. If you are not root, it prompts you for the root password to continue. 2.14. Firewall Configuration Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers firewall protection for enhanced system security. A firewall exists between your computer and the network, and determines which resources on your computer remote users on the network can access.
  • Page 31 Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Figure 2-12. Firewall Configuration Choose the appropriate security level for your system. No firewall No firewall provides complete access to your system and does no security checking. Security checking is the disabling of access to certain services. This should only be selected if you are running on a trusted network (not the Internet) or plan to do more firewall configuration later.

  • Page 32: Language Support Selection

    Level Configuration Tool. Type the command in a shell prompt to launch the Security Level redhat-config-securitylevel Configuration Tool. If you are not root, it prompts you for the root password to continue. 2.15. Language Support Selection You can install and support multiple languages for use on your system.

  • Page 33: Time Zone Configuration

    Configuration Tool. Type the command in a shell prompt to launch the Language Configu- redhat-config-language ration Tool. If you are not root, it prompts you for the root password to continue. 2.16. Time Zone Configuration You can set your time zone by selecting your computer’s physical location or by specifying your time zone’s offset from Universal Time, Coordinated (UTC).

  • Page 34: Set Root Password

    Type the command in a shell prompt to launch the Time and Date Properties redhat-config-date Tool. If you are not root, it prompts you for the root password to continue. To run the Time and Date Properties Tool as a text-based application, use the command timeconfig 2.17.
  • Page 35 Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Figure 2-15. Root Password Use the root account only for system administration. Create a non-root account for your general use to root when you need to fix something quickly. These basic rules minimize the chances of su - a typo or an incorrect command doing damage to your system.

  • Page 36: Package Group Selection

    Tool. Type the command in a shell prompt to launch the Root Password redhat-config-rootpassword Tool. If you are not root, it prompts you for the root password to continue. 2.18. Package Group Selection After your partitions have been selected and configured for formatting, you are ready to select pack- ages for installation.

  • Page 37: Preparing To Install

    Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Figure 2-17. Package Group Selection Select each component you wish to install. Selecting Everything (at the end of the component list) installs all packages included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Once a package group has been selected, click on Details to view which packages will be installed by default, and to add or remove optional packages from that group.

  • Page 38: Installing Packages

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux product. HTML, PDF, and RPM versions of the manuals are available on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Docu- mentation CD and online at http://www.redhat.com/docs/. Note Although this manual reflects the most current information possible, read the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release Notes for information that may not have been available prior to our documenta- tion being finalized.
  • Page 39 Do not forget to register for the benefits you are entitled to as a Red Hat customer. Registration enables access to the Red Hat Services you have purchased, such as technical support and Red Hat Network. To register your product, go to: http://www.redhat.com/apps/activate/...
  • Page 40 Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

  • Page 41: Removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    Appendix A. Removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux To remove Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the S/390 you can either remove the DASD allocation from the VM or you can start the installation program and re-format all of the DASD partitions. Instead of selecting OK you will select Cancel to exit the installation program.
  • Page 42 Appendix A. Removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux...
  • Page 43 Appendix B. Sample Parameter Files Use the following samples as a guide to format proper parameter files. Sample file with minimally required parameters: root=/dev/ram0 DASD=200 Note The Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program prompts the user for any required parameters not specified in the parameter file.

  • Page 44: B. Sample Parameter Files

    Appendix B. Sample Parameter Files...

  • Page 45: Red Hat Linux To Red Hat Enterprise Linux Migration Solution

    Appendix C. Red Hat Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Migration Solution This appendix discusses how to migrate Red Hat Linux 7.1 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on the IBM zSeries and S/390 architectures. If you currently use Red Hat Linux 7.2 for the IBM zSeries and S/390 architectures, upgrades via the installation program are not available.
  • Page 46 Appendix C. Red Hat Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Migration Solution...

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting Your Installation Of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    Appendix D. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux This appendix discusses some common installation problems and their solutions. D.1. You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux D.1.1. Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors? A signal 11 error, commonly know as a segmentation fault, means that the program accessed a memory location that was not assigned.

  • Page 48: Are You Seeing Python Errors

    Appendix D. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux D.2.3. Other Partitioning Problems If you are using Disk Druid to edit partitions, but cannot move to the next screen, you probably have not created all the partitions necessary for Disk Druid’s dependencies to be satisfied. You must have the following partitions as a bare minimum: (root) partition •...

  • Page 49: Problems After Installation

    Appendix D. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux If you experience such an error, first try to download any available errata for anaconda. Errata can be found at: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/ The anaconda website may also be a useful reference and can be found online at: http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/ You can also search for bug reports related to this problem.

  • Page 50: Problems When You Try To Log In

    If the graphical login screen does not appear, check your hardware for compatibility issues. The Hard- ware Compatibility List can be found at: http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/ D.3.4. Your Printer Will Not Work If you are not sure how to set up your printer or are having trouble getting it to work properly, try using the Printer Configuration Tool.

  • Page 51: Additional Boot Options

    Appendix E. Additional Boot Options This appendix discusses additional boot and kernel boot options available for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program. Add these boot options to the parameter file. For more information, refer to Section 1.5 Installing under VM. Boot Time Command Arguments askmethod This command asks you to select the installation method you would like to use when booting...
  • Page 52 Appendix E. Additional Boot Options nopass This command disables the passing of keyboard and mouse information to stage 2 of the instal- lation program. It can be used to test keyboard and mouse configuration screens during stage 2 of the installation program when performing a network installation. nopcmcia This command ignores any PCMCIA controllers in system.

  • Page 53: Index

    Index feedback contact information for this manual, iv Symbols firewall configuration, 22 customize incoming services, 23 /boot/, 20 customize trusted services, 23 /boot/ partition security levels recommended partitioning, 20 enable firewall, 23 /root/install.log no firewall, 23 install log file location, 29 /var/ partition installation, 2, 14 recommended partitioning, 20...
  • Page 54 using a recent SEW, 7 without the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for S/390 packages CD-ROMs, 7 groups, 28 installing packages, 28 selecting, 28 introduction, i installing, 28 selecting, 28 parameter files ctc sample, 35 minimal configuration, 35 kernel samples, 35 partitioning, 18 boot options, 43 automatic, 16, 17...
  • Page 55 during the installation, 39 completing partitions, 40 partition tables, 39 Python errors, 40 uninstalling, 33 upgrade (See migration, software) user interface, graphical installation program, 9 user interface, text mode installation program, 9 installing, 4 VNC, 12 x11 forwarding, 12 XDMCP, 41...

  • Page 57: Colophon

    Colophon The manuals are written in DocBook SGML v4.1 format. The HTML and PDF formats are produced using custom DSSSL stylesheets and custom jade wrapper scripts. The DocBook SGML files are written in Emacs with the help of PSGML mode. Garrett LeSage created the admonition graphics (note, tip, important, caution, and warning).

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