On Wednesday, 03/16/2005 at 08:25 CST, Phil Howard
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So which TDF file does it default to using for an IPL?
There is (typically) only one TDF on the CD. The name of the TDF that
will be used is part of the emulator configuration.
So if I have these files from Slack390:
On Wednesday, 03/16/2005 at 05:47 CST, Phil Howard
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Got this and reading. Can you confirm my summarization:
There is no specific default .ins file. IPL-ing by CDROM cannot be made
automatic (short of reprogramming the HMC system, I suppose). Someone
has to pick the
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 10:17:51AM -0500, Alan Altmark wrote:
| And then, the CDROM is not available as a data device. But what if a
| 4th file is listed? Would that file be readable as the 4th tape file
| on the emulated tape?
|
| A .ins file specifies an arbitrary number of files to be
On Wednesday, 03/16/2005 at 01:08 CST, Phil Howard
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Under the link boot disk on the Slack390 site, it describes setting up
the initial boot/IPL to install Slack390. But only refers to tape and
card reader. How can I do this from CDROMs? Other documentation tells
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 08:49:53AM -0500, Alan Altmark wrote:
| On Wednesday, 03/16/2005 at 01:08 CST, Phil Howard
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Under the link boot disk on the Slack390 site, it describes setting up
| the initial boot/IPL to install Slack390. But only refers to tape and
| card
Phil,
Are you trying to actually IPL from the CD reader in the HMC? Or something
else? Let me know specifically, and I'll see if I can help.
All methods of IPLing the installation kernels involve the same three files:
kernel
parmfile
initrd (ramdisk)
Mark Post
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:44:41AM -0500, Post, Mark K wrote:
| Phil,
|
| Are you trying to actually IPL from the CD reader in the HMC? Or something
| else? Let me know specifically, and I'll see if I can help.
|
| All methods of IPLing the installation kernels involve the same three files:
|
/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246264.html
Mark Post
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil
Howard
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:07 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: boot disk for Slack390
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:44:41AM
On Wednesday, 03/16/2005 at 10:09 CST, Phil Howard
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But there is still missing documentation info. Is there a specific NAME
that is accessed in the /tapes directory? Or is it like EL TORITO and
it stores which name somewhere in the ISO header blocks?
Or does someone
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 02:56:21PM -0500, Post, Mark K wrote:
| Since I don't have access to an LPAR and HMC, I cannot document anything
| that I _know_ works specifically for Slack/390. Essentially, you just need
| to create your CD with the three starter files in some directory name of
| your
On Wednesday, 03/16/2005 at 04:37 CST, Phil Howard
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 02:56:21PM -0500, Post, Mark K wrote:
| Since I don't have access to an LPAR and HMC, I cannot document
anything
| that I _know_ works specifically for Slack/390. Essentially, you just
need
|
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 04:16:42PM -0500, Alan Altmark wrote:
| On Wednesday, 03/16/2005 at 10:09 CST, Phil Howard
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| But there is still missing documentation info. Is there a specific NAME
| that is accessed in the /tapes directory? Or is it like EL TORITO and
| it
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 02:56:21PM -0500, Post, Mark K wrote:
| All of this is documented (sort of) in the Distributions Redbook (I just
| used it to refresh my memory).
| http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246264.html
Got this and reading. Can you confirm my
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 05:58:00PM -0500, Alan Altmark wrote:
| Confusion abounds. The Hardware Management Console (HMC) has a CD/DVD
| drive in it that can read specially-formatted discs as Mark describes. It
| does not emulate a tape drive but is a function built directly into the
| machine.
-Original Message-
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil
Howard
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:25 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: boot disk for Slack390
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So which TDF file does it default to using for an IPL?
None. There are no defaults
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