Hi, Rob, fancy meeting you here.... I wouldn't mind seeing an FTP install option. I am running under VM and would prefer that since it is easiest to set up. I don't have any NFS Servers running. Rich Smrcina Grede Foundries Milwaukee, WI rsmrcina@execpc.com rsmrcina@grede.com Catch the WAVV! WAVV 2001 on the Frozen Tundra of Green Bay WI. September 21-25, 2001 For details see http://www.wavv.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob van der Heij <rvdheij@iae.nl> To: RedHat 390 List <redhat-s390-list@redhat.com> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 6:27 AM Subject: [Redhat-s390-list] nfs-root alternative > Hi, > > I'm having some trouble getting the things in place to install via > the nfsroot and I can understand this would be causing others some > trouble as well. Getting yet another LPAR carved out is not easy > to justify and not everyone has the workstation close enough to the > mainframe that you can run the nfsroot there. > On VM you could fairly easy get two virtual machines and run the > nfs server in one of them, but I would need to configure the extra > network interfaces while the /linuxrc runs so that I don't need also > extra IP addresses. > > Would it not be easier to load the small system on an extra disk > by untarring rather than via NFS ? > > Rob > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-s390-list mailing list > Redhat-s390-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-s390-list >
