> Phil Pinto wrote:

> Which version of Hercules are you using?  I imagine if you are using the new
> FP stuff in hercules you are higher than SVN 7709

SVN 7731 - compiled 7747 this am but no testing done with it yetbbbbbbbbbbb
 
> I am using SVN 7704 with no issues running FC15 / yum or anything else..  

I could not get SVN 7704 to compile and didn't see where any snapshot archive where it was successfully created either.
 
> I would shut-down hercules and make a backup copy of the Hercules DASD that
> you installed FC15 on before continuing so you do not have to go through the
> install again if things break later. 

You may have misunderstood.  I haven't created any Fedora DASD.  I have been using the 'turnkey images' of FC11 & FC14 available at:
 
http://secondary.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/spins/S390/

> This Hercules Disk image you created for FC15 hopefully has network
> connectivity through a CTC or LCS device and has access to the internet.  If
> that is all working correctly.....
 
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While messing with some of this lately, I have discovered the hercules.init script located at the above link causes hercules to get a segmentation fault when specific choices are made during IPL.  It works fine with FC11, but with FC14 if one selects one of the two choices 0 or 1 instead of letting the default linux kernel boot, a segmentation fault occurs.  If left to time out, the default kernel starts to boot and continues until logon prompt is displayed.
 
So as to leave most of old stuff behind I tried to boot FC15 using the kernel.img, initrd.img & generic.prm from
http://secondary.fedoraproject.org/pub/secondary/releases/15/Fedora/s390x/os/images/
 
Using the hercules.init script mentioned above with minor changes for FC15 DASD and hercules version line, upon IPL of C, hercules gives a segmentation fault almost immediately.  When I used an older version of hercules, or started hercules without the script ( don'r remember which one worked), I get to a point where it tells me a blacklist exists and do I want to clear it or continue.  It also starts asking about a gateway IP address ??? Is that my Host OS leased IP address it grabbed via automagic means when I booted my host PC ?
 
Do I have to have the modules for TUN and brothers loaded ( via the hercules.init script ) in order to get access to anything from FC15 ?
 
Phil R