Here's more info from my VM guy on the loop/lockup after portmap starts. Subject: RH 7.1 S/390 Loop Chuck, The looping instructions are -> 0003425C' MVC D203A080C088 >> 02366080 020D4088 CC 2 00034262' LHI A718FFCF CC 2 -> 00034276' ST 5010C084 >> 020D4084 CC 1 0003427A' ST 5020C07C >> 020D407C CC 1 0003427E' MVC D203C0882080 >> 020D4088 02366080 CC 1 00034284' ICM BF1FC088 020D4088 CC 2 00034288' BRC A7840004 00034290 CC 2 0003428C' ST 50C01084 >> 020CC084 CC 2 00034290' L 5810C07C 020D407C CC 2 00034294' ST 50C01080 >> 02366080 CC 2 00034298' L 5820C000 020D4000 CC 2 0003429C' CHI A72E0004 CC 1 000342A0' BRC A7740008 -> 000342B0' CC 1 -> 000342B0' L 58B0C068 020D4068 CC 1 000342B4' C 59B0A068 02366068 CC 2 000342B8' BRC A784006E 00034394 CC 2 000342BC' L 5810C070 020D4070 CC 2 000342C0' C 5910A070 02366070 CC 2 000342C4' BRC A7740068 -> 00034394' CC 2 -> 00034394' ICM BFCFA080 02366080 CC 2 00034398' BRC A774FF62 -> 0003425C' CC 2 The loop usually (but not always) starts after the "Starting portmap" message. In the above case I can break out of the loop using #CP STORE S34398 A784FF62 The messages I then see are: ctc0: connected with remote side ctc0 Link encap:Serial Line IP inet addr:169.10.253.163 P-t-P:169.10.253.161 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 169.10.253.163 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ctc0 160.10.253.161 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ctc0 127.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 160.10.253.161 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ctc0 Starting portmap. mount: mount point /mnt/target/proc does not exist /sbin/init-203-: cannot create /mnt/target/tmp/169.10.253.163.ks: No such file or directory /sbin/init-205-: .: /mnt/target/tmp/169.10.253.163.ks: not found In this state I can ping 169.10.253.163 but can't telnet, ftp. Please forward this info to your friends at Redhat. Best regards, Mark -- Chuck Milam, KF9FR KF9FR@arrl.net