Re: Length of Loadparm field on z/890 HMC Console

[Kris Buelens]

There is a difference:
   LOADPARM SYSG    
          Instructs SAPL to display its panel
on SYSG
   LOADPARM CONSSYSG  Bypass
SAPL panel, makes CP use SYSG 
and similar for 0040 or CONS0040

Kris,
IBM Belgium, VM customer support


The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
wrote on 2006-08-09 04:42:53:

> Fred,

> It sounds as though you may be slightly (and
understandably) confused
> about the LOADPARMs required by z/VM.  Try omitting the leading
"CONS"
> from your LOADPARMs,  e.g. just enter: SYSG, or 0040.

> Mike Walter
> Hewitt Associates

> 
> "Fred Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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> Length of Loadparm field on z/890 HMC Console

> 
> 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

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