Still having a problem, but I think the solution may be simple. The problem (I think) is that in the new GENERIC PRM file the "root=" parm is longer than 80 characters. I am installing with z/VM and need to 'punch' that file to the reader. Punch files can only be 80 bytes, so the question is 'How can the root= parm be continued?'. Thanks Tom
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Dan Horák <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom Huegel píše v St 28. 11. 2012 v 07:53 -0800: > > I found the FEDORA files I needed at this website: > > > > > http://redhat.download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/17/Fedora/s390x/os/images/ > > please take a look at generic.prm from > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/s390x/17 > > The installer used to able to ask for the devices when running, but > since F-17 they need to specified in the parameters file in advance. > > "man dracut.cmdline" will provide details about the options. > > > Dan > > > and downloaded: > > ascii > > get generic.prm > > get redhat.exec > > locsite fix 80 > > binary > > get kernel.img > > get initrd.img > > Then I ran the exec to IPL from the reader and things looked pretty good > at > > first. > > But... then I got this message: > > > > [ 0.176357] Unpacking initramfs... > > [ 2.318203] Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive > > [ 2.320799] Freeing initrd memory: 18750k freed > > Followed a bit later with this one: > > > > [ 24.539091] dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue > > dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue > > [ 24.539322] dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist > > dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist > > > > I don't understand what the problem is, can someone point me in the right > > direction? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Michael MacIsaac <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Mark, > > > > > > > If you were looking for something like the Redbooks that Mike > MacIsaac > > > > has written, there aren't any. He's pretty much stuck with writing > > > > about the two distribution providers that IBM has contracts with, > > > > SUSE and Red Hat. > > > Correct. > > > > > > But I remember someone with the initials MP helped to write a Redbook > > > "Linux for S/390 and zSeries: Distributions". Oh wait, that was 11 > years > > > ago (scary) - guess it's a bit old... > > > > > > "Mike MacIsaac" <mikemac at-sign us.ibm.com> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
