Fred, It sounds as though you may be slightly (and understandably) confused about the LOADPARMs required by z/VM. Try omitting the leading "CONS" from your LOADPARMs, e.g. just enter: SYSG, or 0040.
Mike Walter Hewitt Associates "Fred Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> 08/08/2006 08:54 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Length of Loadparm field on z/890 HMC Console Hi fellow listers. We have for the first time installed z/VM on our z/890 processors and have a small problem with the IPL... The Load Parameters field is only 4 characters long on the HMC console. We would like to enter loadparms like "CONSSYSG" or "CONS0040" to bypass display of the SAPL screen, but this requires 8 characters. The width of the box in which the loadparm is entered appears to be long enough, but it does not allow entry of more than 4 characters. Thanks in advance. Regards, Fred Schmidt Senior Systems Programmer Department of Corporate and Information Services (DCIS) Data Centre Services (DCS) Northern Territory Government Australia The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.
