Length of Loadparm field on z/890 HMC Console

[Fred Schmidt]

Hi fellow listers.

We have for the first time installed z/VM on our z/890 processors and have a small problem with the IPL...

The Load Parameters field is only 4 characters long on the HMC console. We would like to enter loadparms like "CONSSYSG" or "CONS0040" to bypass display of the SAPL screen, but this requires 8 characters. The width of the box in which the loadparm is entered appears to be long enough, but it does not allow entry of more than 4 characters.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Fred Schmidt
Senior Systems Programmer
Department of Corporate and Information Services (DCIS)
Data Centre Services (DCS)
Northern Territory Government
Australia