IPLing from RDR has some advantages - we use common kernel images across dozens of servers here, and can change them just by changing the kernel image file on CMS (vs. setting each server.)
If spool space is a problem for you, the kernel and parmlines are only needed to actually boot - using the hcp module you can do a rdr purge and get rid of them as one of the last steps of your boot scripts. There shouldn't be any ill effects. -m On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:07:16PM -0600, Conrad Sanders wrote: > I am fairly new to Linux but not to VM. We are supporting a few Linux > guests on our VM system and our Linux group have been ipling the Linux > kernel from the VM RDR. Since this takes a fair amout of spool space, > wouldn't a better alternative be to IPL directly from disk ?. Is there some > kind of documentation available to show us how to transfer the VM RDR image > to a disk volume so they could IPL from disk ?. I am also assuming if they > are ipling from the RDR they have to repsond to the Suse or Red Hat prompts > each time they IPL.
