This was also posted on IBMVM. Apologies to those who get duplicates.
NORDAUTO EXEC serves as a one-shot command to bring up Linux from CMS. The idea is to put all of the boot parameters, plus the URL of a kernel and INITRD, into a single file. The EXEC then fetches the kernel and INITRD placing them directly into spool space, then IPL. NORDAUTO was originally written as a way to install NORD Linux, but /works with any Linux/. (Theoretically, it will work for any guest operating system, as long as you can IPL a card deck.) I have put NORDAUTO on GitHub. It is a subdirectory of the NORD project. Please check that out. Critique welcome. https://github.com/trothr/nord/tree/master/nordauto/ NORDAUTO is also available as VMARC or TAR. http://www.casita.net/pub/nord/nordauto/nordauto.vmarc http://www.casita.net/pub/nord/nordauto/nordauto.tar http://www.casita.net/pub/nord/nordauto/nordauto.tar.gz And ... it's hungry, looking for more parm+kernel config files. If you have particular release or distro that you like and have tweaked the boot parameters just right, please share. Thanks! -- 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/
