Cameron, Thomas wrote:
Howdy all -
I am working with 64-bit RHEL 3 for zSeries. We are currently thinking that we will be using a
mainframe tool (ddr, similar to the dd command under *nix) to copy a single "golden
image" to multiple production servers. I want to explore using kickstart to build servers
instead, but I don't know if it is possible.
For those of you not familiar with Linux on the mainframe, it doesn't boot with the
Syslinux boot screen or even a floppy or compact disk. Instead you load the kernel
and the initrd.img into a virtual punchcard reader and then load it into the mainframe
CPU/memory.
I have read that there is a RUNKS ("run kickstart") option listed for the mainframe
parm (configuration) file, but I do not know how to actually specify the kickstart file. I know
how to copy the ks.cfg into the initrd.img file, but does it go into the root of the initrd, or
in /tmp, or somewhere else? Are there additional parm file options I need which are not
discussed at
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/s390-multi-install-guide/s1-s390-steps-vm.html?
Anyone who has any pointers, I am all ears!
you need to specify a ks=<url> option on the kernel command line (i.e.
the parm file). The installer can pull ks.cfg from many different
places. Look at the kickstart docs in the sysadmin guide.
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-startinginstall.html
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