Re: RHEL 7.x installation

I don't remember the problem, but seem to remember a post here that it
won't run on Hercules...  (maybe the newer Hyperion 4.xx versions
*might* work ???)

What Hercules version are you trying to use?

Mike

On 6/5/19, [email protected] [hercules-390] <[email protected]> wrote:
> (Originally posted at Hercules-Linux but there hasn't been any action there
> since 2016)
>  I have successfully installed RH 4.7 & 6.0 in previous years. When I
> attempt to IPL the RHEL 7.0 images, I eventually get an error
>
>
>  17:00:21    948.194028! localhost dracut-initqueue 579!: Warning: Could not
> boot.
> 17:00:21    948.302948! localhost dracut-initqueue 579!: Warning: /dev/root
> does not exis
> 17:00:21 t
>
>
>  I am using the same conf file as my older installations (obviously
> different directories):
>
>
>  CPUSERIAL 000611
> CPUMODEL 3090
> MAINSIZE 3072
> XPNDSIZE 0
> CNSLPORT 3270
> HTTPPORT 8081
> NUMCPU 4
> LOADPARM 0120....
> SYSEPOCH 1900
> TODDRAG 1
> ARCHMODE Z/Arch
> PANRATE FAST
> OSTAILOR LINUX
> 000C 3505 images/kernel.img images/generic.prm images/initrd.img autopad eof
>
> 000E 1403 print00e.txt crlf
> 0120 3390 /usr4/hercules/rh7.0_390x/dasd/linux.120
> 0121 3390 /usr4/hercules/rh7.0_390x/dasd/linux.121
> 0122 3390 /usr4/hercules/rh7.0_390x/dasd/linux.122
> 0E20.2 LCS 192.0.2.26 -m 00:11:22:33:44:55
>
>
>
>  generic.prm:
>
>
>  ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev
>
>
>  and I IPL 000C. Has anyone been successful at installing 7.x or know what
> is the problem? I know that RHEL 7.x switched to this Dracut stuff from what
> they did pre-7.x. Reading about it, it seems that perhaps udev is failing to
> create symbolic links? I can post the entire Hercules log however it all
> looks fine until that point.
>  Paul
>
>
>