I don't think the documentation (from Red Hat) is all that bad in itself, it's just very Intel-centric.
For example, the "clearpart" command doesn't clearly say what happens on any architecture but Intel and Itanium. Does "--initlabel" trigger dasdfmt? Yes, it does, but that's not clear. Does it clear ALL partitions? Even the 191 disk? I have other disks off to the side that I want left alone. Leaving them out of the "driveorder" list on the "bootloader" statement causes them to be ignored, but nothing says that. "cmdline" doesn't stop prompting, as my other email shows. Maybe it does on Intel, but not on Z. "Reboot" triggers a reboot, but from where? I loaded the install kernel from the VM reader, there's nothing there to reboot. I assume it goes where it installed zipl, from the "bootloader" line, but it doesn't SAY that. I could go on, but you get the idea. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of R P Herrold Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:31 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] To kick or to clone ... that is the question On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Hall, Ken (GTS) wrote: > My main gripe with kickstart is that it's complicated, buggy (on z), and > badly documented (on z) no worries there .. it is poorly documented _everywhere_ -- as it changes and evolves per RHEL major version, and indeed within point releases, doco attempts have the attribute of chasing a changing and moving target. ;) I've written a lot about it: http://www.owlriver.com/tips/ and the LW presentation materials of Chip Shabazian's LW 2007 presentation is Highly recommended http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf There are also lively mailing lists for both anaconda and kickstart. -- Russ herrold ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. Subject to applicable law, Merrill Lynch may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. References to "Merrill Lynch" are references to any company in the Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. group of companies, which are wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation. Securities and Insurance Products: * Are Not FDIC Insured * Are Not Bank Guaranteed * May Lose Value * Are Not a Bank Deposit * Are Not a Condition to Any Banking Service or Activity * Are Not Insured by Any Federal Government Agency. Attachments that are part of this E-communication may have additional important disclosures and disclaimers, which you should read. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.ml.com/e-communications_terms/. By messaging with Merrill Lynch you consent to the foregoing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
