You need to point it at the install.img file. Here's what I used (it needs to
spill at 80 characters):
root=live:nfs://repo.dev.sinenomine.net/export/repository/s390x/linux/RHEL/7/7.0/iso/images/install.img
ramdisk_size=131072 cio_ignore=all,!condev
CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=rhel.conf
On Sep 16, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Michael MacIsaac <[email protected]> wrote:
> Neale, Felipe,
>
> Thanks for the quick replies. I got to the documentation on the Web and
> will bookmark it.
>
> In section 14.1 "Customizing generic.prm", I don't see anything about
> live:nfs://, nor root= (maybe I'm missing it).
>
> In section 14.2 "Considerations for Hard Drive Installation on IBM System
> z" I read:
> "If you wish to boot the installation program from a hard drive, you can
> optionally install the zipl boot loader on the same (or a different)
> disk..." He he - perhaps this was copied from the Intel book? (sorry,
> couldn't resist :))
>
> So I followed Neale's hint and tried adding a line to the parm file:
>
> root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1
>
> where the dvd1 directory is mounted loopback.
>
> Then after the "Reached target Basic System." message it only waits a few
> seconds, so it seems to be communicating with the NFS server. But now it
> fails with:
> ...
> 33.492098¨ FS-Cache: Loaded
> 33.500256¨ FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
> 33.504518¨ Key type dns_resolver registered
> 33.511157¨ NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type
> 33.511167¨ Key type id_resolver registered
> 33.511170¨ Key type id_legacy registered
> 33.542071¨ dracut: FATAL: failed to download live image: error 1
> 33.542091¨ dracut: Refusing to continue
> ...
>
> I tried again with the line whereby the install program does the NFS mount:
>
> root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/rhel-server-7.0-s390x-dvd.iso
>
> But got the same error. Both directories /srv/nfs/rhel7/ and
> /srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 are NFS exported on 'myserver'.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
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