OK, I understand now what you were trying to tell me. I created the
following boot menu:
zIPL v1.5.6 interactive boot menu
0. default (IPL)
1. IPL
2. Single_User_Mode
Note: VM users please use '#cp vi vmsg <input>'
Please choose (default will boot in 10 seconds):
I added the following to /etc/zipl.conf
[Single_User_Mode]
target = /boot/zipl
image = /boot/image
ramdisk = /boot/initrd
parameters = "1 dasd=150-15f root=/dev/dasda1 selinux=0 TERM=dumb
elevator=cfq"
It was the ?1? in parameters= that I missed. I know I do not have to have
a special menu but it allows me to change the procedures to have operators
to IPL in single user mode by issuing:
ipl 150 loadparm 2 clear
That will take them directly to Singe User Mode with no prompting and
avoiding any costly typeos along the way. Thanks as always.
Peter
Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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04/11/2008 11:39 AM
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Re: Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well
>>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter
E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With SLES10, I had the following menu:
-snip-
> What parameters can I specify in /etc/zipl.conf that will force Linux
boot
> selection into single usermode?
-snip-
You don't have to put anything into /etc/zipl.conf, if you follow my
original suggestion:
>> Prior to your next drill, you might want to make sure your systems have
an
>> IPL menu so that to get into single user mode a little easier by doing
a
>> #cp vi vmsg boot# 1
>> where boot# is "0" for default, "1" for the first boot option in
>> /etc/zipl.conf, etc.
If you really want to put something into /etc/zipl.conf, I would duplicate
your "ipl" entry, rename it to "singleuser" and add the character 1
(numeric one) to your kernel parameters for that entry.
Mark Post
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