Hi Thang, Yes, you can definitely install without a CONF file. You would just put everything into the PARM file, and not specify CMSCONFFILE= or CMSDASD=. In fact, this is how it's done with zPXE, the PXE client for cobbler/Satellite. For example, see here:
https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/SssThreeNinety (sample PARM file towards the bottom) Keep in mind though that the PARM file has an architectural limit of 11 lines (880 characters), so you have to be clever and fit as many parameters on an 80 character line as possible. -Brad Thang Pham wrote:
Is there a way to install RHEL on s390x architecture without the need to specify a CONF file and putting the CONF file on a CMS disk? Can I append the configuration onto the PARM file and punch it to reader (which I tried but does not work)? According to Red Hat, "A .parm file is still required for the real kernel parameters, such as root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000, and single parameters which are not assigned to variables, such as vnc. Two parameters which are used in z/VM installs to point the installation program at the new CMS configuration file need to be added to the .parm file: CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=redhat.conf CMSDASD is the device ID of the CMS formatted DASD which contains the configuration file. CMSDASD is often the 'A' DASD (usually disk 191) of the z/VM guest account. The name of the configuration file must be set with CMSCONFFILE and needs to be all lowercase." ( http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Installation_Guide/s1-s390-steps-vm.html ) Thank you, --------------------------------- Thang Pham IBM Poughkeepsie --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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