>>> On 12/20/2016 at 07:59 AM, Benjamin Block <[email protected]> >>> wrote: > But isn't that all handled automatically by grub2-install? It rebuilds > the stage1-initramfs and also executes zipl AFAIK, and you don't have to > care about the "bloody" details, like which initrd to copy and what > zipl-config to use.
Yes, but grub2-install chews up a bunch more CPU and I/O. > Anyway I just wanted to share some awareness, because I "bricked" > already one (development) VM because I tried exactly this - extending > btrfs with a second DASD - and forgot to rebuild the stage1 zipl and > initramfs. Passing "rd.dasd=" on the IPL command gets you past that so you can fix it. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
