SuSE L/390 SLES7 (31 bint) running under VM 2.4.0. I have the following parameters line in the /etc/zipl.conf file, but the attached tape drive is not recognized at boot time.
parameters="dasd=0290,0300-324 tape=181-182 dasd_force_diag=290,300-324 root=/dev/dasda1 noinitrd" The command: insmod tape=181-182 does work to load the driver and find the drive. /var/log/boot.msg shows: Kernel command line: dasd=0290,0300-324 tape=181-182 dasd_force_diag=290,300-324 root=/dev/dasda1 noinitrd Why doesn't the kernel respond to the tape definition in the parmfile?
