Hi,

>From a previous SUSE install, Under SLES directory I see the below files

PARMFILE AUTOYAST X1 F
PARMFILE CA       X1 F
PARMFILE $DEFAULT X1 V
INITRD   $DEFAULT X1 F
VMRDR    IKR      X1 F


So is that PARMFILE,INITRD and VMRDR files alone to be transferred ?


Peter

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Berthold Gunreben <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:44:25 +0530
> Peter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello Group,
> >
> > Are there anyone who have built SLES12 gold image yet ? I have
> > performed RHEL70 gold image but this is the first time I am going to
> > do the SUSE 12 image.
> >
> > For the SLES 12 gold image :
> >
> > 1 ) Is it the same three files : GENERIC.PRM,INITIRD and KERNEL to be
> > transferred to the z/VM ?
>
> no, please see suse.ins on DVD1 for the correct files.
>
> > 2 ) What will be the disk size need to be added to the LINUX guest
> > userid which will be used for Gold image Build ?
>
> This depends on the size of your installation. Typically for a system
> disk, a 3390-9 should work.
>
> > 3 ) Are there any special changes needs to be done in Kickstart File ?
>
> With SLES, this is called autoyast. There is no kickstart. I personally
> would recommend to use KIWI for a golden image though. With a golden
> image, you always have to cleanup the image after finalising the
> installation. Depending on the installed Software, this can be a
> demanding task. KIWI produces images that never are booted until the
> target system is deployed.
>
> Berthold
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