Here's a generic.prm I use to get things going: root=live:http://download.sinenomine.net/clefos/7/images/install.img ramdisk_size=131072 cio_ignore=all,!0.0.0009
There is also the genericdvd.prm on the ISO image. On 5/17/18, 12:04, "Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Hamilton, Robert" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: I am installing ClefOS 7.4 to run under Hercules, to make sure what I have to do before attempting to install it (ClefOS) into an LPAR. Hercules is running under Centos 6.something on my laptop. I have the 74base.iso loop-mounted, so it should be loading everything via http within Hercules. I have the 74update.iso, if that would work better, but I haven't tried it yet. I have done a variety of things to make the installation work, and it hasn't so far. I never get the timeout-starting messages Frank gets, but I always seem to get down to that message about /dev/root not existing. Google shows a number of these occurrences in the past, mostly because the ramdisk didn't get started/created properly. I have increased the memory that Hercules specifies for this guy, but I keep getting... >Warning: /dev/root does not exist I figured it was just me. I think I have a problem with my kernel parms, based on what I found in Google; I think I've just been using the basic setup included in the ISO (generic.ins). I have taken the CMS "support' files that they also distribute, and concatenate those on device 000C so I can IPL from it in Hercules, and that works slightly differently, but...I always end up with... >Warning: /dev/root does not exist I'd be happy to hear any ideas, too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
