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Log in on the Support Element Workplace as a user with sufficient privileges to install a new OS to an LPAR. The "SYSPROG" user is recommended.
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:
hostname or IP address of the FTP server you wish to install from (e.g. ftp.redhat.com)
Your user name on the FTP server (or "anonymous")
Your password (use your email address if you are logging in as anonymous)
Leave this field empty
Directory on the FTP server holding Red Hat Linux for S/390 (e.g. /pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/s390)
Click Continue.
In the dialog that follows, keep the default selection of redhat.ins and click Continue.
Refer to the Section called Installing in an LPAR (Common Steps) to continue.
Transfer the redhat.tdf, tapekrnl.img, lpar.prm and tapeinrd.img files to the OS/2 machine, in the directory used for virtual tapes. This is usually F:\AWSOMA.
If the directory is not F:\AWSOMA, you will have to edit the redhat.tdf file. A usable editor on OS/2 is epm.
You may now customize the parameter file (lpar.prm). See Appendix B for several examples of parm files. Also refer to the previous section, in particular, the explanation of the parm file contents.
If you do not specify any necessary information with these parameters, you will be required to enter the information when the installation program begins.
Create a virtual tape containing the Red Hat Linux images:
awsmount 080 F:\AWSOMA\REDHAT.TDF awsmount 080 /D /R /REW |
Log in on the Support Element Workplace (some older versions of the SEW are called Hardware Management Console) as a user with sufficient privileges to install a new OS to an LPAR. The "SYSPROG" user is recommended.
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.
In the dialog box that follows, select Clear and enter the address of the virtual tape you just generated. Usually, this will be fc80.
Click OK. Red Hat Linux will be booted.
If you get any odd messages saying Load error or something similar on a Multiprise 3000 or another machine with CD-ROM support, try installing something (anything) from a CD, interrupting, stopping the LPAR, and retrying the Load step. This appears to be a bug in some versions of the Support Element Workplace.
Refer to the Section called Installing in an LPAR (Common Steps) to continue.