On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:27:01 +0200, Peter Oberparleiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael MacIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any way to extract/dump the parameters in > > /boot/zipl/bootmap? > > Yes, there is, but the question is: why would you want to? The bootmap > format is only used internally by zipl, i.e. it can change without > notice, therefore you shouldn't rely on its contents.
Easy... you want to see that the planned update to the boot record has indeed been done, or to verify that nobody installed a new kernel to be booted next time. Comparing timestamps is of no use since a different configuration file and command line parameters could have been used. We have a similar issue in z/VM with SALIP that is used to make the IPL record point to a new nucleus. I only had to forget that once (and run out of the maintenance window due to the confusion and extra IPL) before I wrote some code that reveals the current setting in the IPL record. Rob -- Rob van der Heij rvdheij @ gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
