It looks like your parmfile was indicating a point to point link, and not an OSA network connection. What the script is asking for is the IP address of the system on the other side of such a point to point connection. What exactly does your parmfile have in it? Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Dionne Graff [mailto:dgraff@us.ibm.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 3:52 PM To: redhat-s390-list Subject: [Redhat-s390-list] (no subject) I am attempting install RedHat 7.2 for S/390 under VM for the first time. I followed the directions in the document "How to install the LDS-, QETH and QDIO-OCO-modules and replaced initrd.img. starting the redhat parm, and the boot program, here is what I'm stuck at (Red text is input by me) My question is what IP address are they fishing for here. This message doesn't give me a clue. Could this be the server ip address where the rpm cd files are stored? Freeing unused kernel memory: 16k freed Starting the S390 initrd to configure networking. Version is 0.45. Please enter any parameters you need to pass to the channel device layer. This includes the I/O ports of your ctc, escon and lcs devices, (e.g. "ctc0,0x600,0x601" will activate the ctc0 interface at I/O ports 0x600,0x601): lcs0,0xf0a,0xf0b Enter the IP of your ctc/escon/iucv point-to-point partner: Dionne Graff _______________________________________________ Redhat-s390-list mailing list Redhat-s390-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-s390-list