It's "zipl.conf" that you want. The 'zipl' command will read that config file, build a parm line and other static data, and stamp the IPL text onto the boot disk.
Unlike some other bootstraps (eg: GRUB), here you need to re-stamp the IPL text when changing the parms. (That used to be the norm for all flavors of Linux.) About the terminal server (and this is new to me), you may need to add a second "console=" parameter so that the 3215/HMC driver continues to see traffic. Also, the console driver is just one of your options. There is an on-demand IUCV terminal service using the 'iucvtty' program. Might be helpful especially since it does not require a reboot. (You can test 'iucvconn' against it without having to do the ZIPL magic.) -- R; <>< On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] <[email protected]> wrote: > Looked all through the Device Drivers. I thought I needed to add to > sysctl.conf but that was wrong. Guess I could zipl.conf but I thought that > was for dasd > > Bobby Bauer > Center for Information Technology > National Institutes of Health > Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 > 301-594-7474 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Altmark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 2:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Setting kernel parms for RHEL6 > > On Wednesday, 05/29/2013 at 02:20 EDT, "Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E]" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Trying to setup a Linux terminal server. Everything I read says to set > kernel >> parms of >> >> console=hvc0 >> hvc_iucv=2 >> >> or something similar. Nothing tells me where/how to set kernel parms > that I >> have found so far. It must be one of those universal truths that Linux > people >> have but us old zOS dinos need it documented. >> Please point me in the right direction. > > The Source of all Goodness and Light for Linux on z is the Device Drivers, > Features, and Commands book, SC33-8411. In there you will find the Answers > you Seek. > > Well, most of them, anyway. :-) > > Alan Altmark > > Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant IBM System Lab Services and > Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices > office: 607.429.3323 > mobile; 607.321.7556 > [email protected] > IBM Endicott > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ -- -- R; <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
