Bug 1217904 - [doc] Issue in "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on DVD"
Summary: [doc] Issue in "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on DVD"
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: PUBLIC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Christoph Wickert
QA Contact: Frank Sundermeyer
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Whiteboard: https://jira.suse.com/browse/DOCTEAM-...
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Reported: 2023-12-08 09:25 UTC by Christoph Wickert
Modified: 2023-12-11 17:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Found By: Documentation
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Screenshot of SLE-15-SP5-Full-s390x-GM-Media1.iso in virt-manager on x86 (29.06 KB, image/png)
2023-12-08 09:25 UTC, Christoph Wickert
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Screenshot of SLE-15-SP5-Full-s390x-GM-Media1.iso in virt-manager on x86 (25.10 KB, image/png)
2023-12-08 09:28 UTC, Christoph Wickert
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Description Christoph Wickert 2023-12-08 09:25:00 UTC
Created attachment 871211 [details]
Screenshot of SLE-15-SP5-Full-s390x-GM-Media1.iso in virt-manager on x86

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on DVD:

https://susedoc.github.io/doc-sle/main/html/SLES-deployment/cha-zseries.html#sec-prep-makeavail-linuxws-oncd

There are various issues with this chapter:

1. "This approach requires setting up the networking of the workstation manually."
The rescue image also supports DHCP (as default) as first step of linuxrc.

2. "When prompted, choose the desired answer language and keyboard layout and select Start rescue system."
You can select the language on the boot screen, which will also change the keyboard layout accordingly. Additionally, you can select a keyboard as second step of linuxrc.

3. The section does not mention that you need to log in as root (no password) and mount the DVD/USB drive to /media/repo. The installation source should then automatically made available via FTP, NFS and SMB (see screenshot).

Overall, this section should include a procedure describing the individual steps.


Site note: Only FTP works, NFS and SMB not, probably due to the failed start jobs for rpcbind.service, nmb.service, and smb.service. But this seems a bug in the image, not the documentation, let's deal with this in a separate bug.
Comment 1 Christoph Wickert 2023-12-08 09:28:35 UTC
Created attachment 871212 [details]
Screenshot of SLE-15-SP5-Full-s390x-GM-Media1.iso in virt-manager on x86

New screenshot with the welcome message included.