Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 16.07.2008 23:34:42: > > > Having PXE support for s390 would be pretty slick, esp if the "boot > > > PROM" image could be loaded from a NSS. > > This could be easily accomplished by using the CMS IPLer and a very > stripped down Linux kernel and a port of the PXE loader code. It's > basically TFTP plus some little stuff. > > If you went the Linux route, you could use the IPLer to put the NSS with > the minikernel system into memory in one piece, do the normal PXE DHCP > and tftp steps to put the kernel into a fixed location, and then crash > the "boot ROM" image by jumping directly to the new kernel.
<plug>Totally not related to PXE, but: a mini-Linux system that loads and starts other kernels via disk or network on s390 is what the System Loader approach [1] is all about. The required setup procedure is IMO somewhat.. ugly, but the basic concept could be useful in some environments. Not sure if this applies to cobbler though.</plug> [1] http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/sysload.html -- Peter Oberparleiter Linux on System z Development IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
