Installing In An Lpar Without The Red Hat Enterprise Linux For System Z Cd-Roms; Installing In An Lpar (Common Steps) - Red Hat ENTREPRISE LINUX 5 Installation Manual

Installing in an LPAR without the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for System z CD-ROMs

16.8. Installing in an LPAR without the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux for System z CD-ROMs
• Log in on the Support Element Workplace as a user with sufficient privileges to install a new OS to
an LPAR.
• Select Images, then select the LPAR you wish to install to.
• Use the arrows in the frame on the right side to navigate to the CPC Recovery menu.
• Double-click on Load from CD-ROM or Server.
• In the dialog box that follows, select FTP Source, and enter the following information:
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
File location (can be left blank):
Directory on the FTP server holding Red Hat Enterprise Linux for System z (for example, /pub/
redhat/linux/rawhide/s390x)
• Click Continue.
• In the dialog that follows, keep the default selection of redhat.ins and click Continue.
Section 16.9, "Installing in an LPAR (Common Steps)"
• Refer to

16.9. Installing in an LPAR (Common Steps)

Once the installation program has started (if the red field behind the LPAR icon is disappearing, the
installation program has begun), select the LPAR and double-click on Operating System Messages.
The initial installation start-up script asks you questions about your networking and DASD
configurations. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has changed the limit for parameter file definitions and
now accepts thirty-two (32) parameters. Any information not specified in the parameter file must be
specified by answering the installation program questions.
Once all questions have been answered, you are ready to begin the core installation program, loader.
To continue with the installation, refer to
instructions.
Chapter 17, Installing on IBM System z Systems
to continue.
for further
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