Mike,
The help for the command is thus:
# zipl --help
z/IPL - the zSeries initial program loader
Copyright (C) 2001 IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, IBM Corporation
Author: Carsten Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sypnosis:
zipl [options] [configuration]
Options:
-h or --help prints this information
-c <CONFIG-FILE> or --config=<CONFIG-FILE>
<CONFIG-FILE> specifies the config file to be used.
This option overrides the environment variable ZIPLCONF.
The following options override settings in the config-file:
-t <DIRECTORY> or --target=<DIRECTORY>
<DIRECTORY> specifies the target directory where zipl installs some
files needed for the ipl process
-i <IMAGE[,ADDRESS]> or --image=<IMAGE[,ADDRESS]>
<IMAGE> specifies the filename of the bootable image
[ADDRESS] specifies the address, where the image will be loaded in
memory
-r <RAMDISK[,ADDRESS]> or --ramdisk=<RAMDISK[,ADDRESS]>
<RAMDISK> specifies the filename of the ramdisk to be loaded
[ADDRESS] specifies the address,where the ramdisk will be loaded in
memory
-p <PARMFILE[,ADDRESS]> or --parmfile=<PARMFILE[,ADDRESS]>
<PARMFILE> specifies the filename of the parmfile to be loaded
[ADDRESS] specifies the address, where the parmfile will be loaded
in memory
-d <PARTITION> or --dumpto <PARTITION>
<PARTITION> specifies the device node of the partition on with the
dump
will be created.
Example: /dev/dasdb1 or /devfs/dasd/0192/part1
Note: <ARG> means required argument
[ARG] means optional argument
Have you tried emptying out /etc/zipl.conf so that only what you specify on
the command line has any relevance?
Mark Post
-----Original Message-----
From: Coffin Michael C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 5:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: zipl Command Format and Usage
Hi Folks,
I'm trying to build an IPLable RedHat 7.2 RC2 boot disk. I've currently got
the entire system on a very large 150/dasda disk. I've split /usr off onto
a r/o 152/dasdc disk and everything else that was on 150/dasda has been
copied to 15f/dasdp.
I mount dasdp as /mnt/temp and now I want to run zipl (the replacement for
silo) - but I can't figure out the parameters. It seems like I should just
be able to execute:
zipl -c /etc/zipl.conf -d /dasd/dasdp1
according to the online --help. But when I do this I get:
Option error: You supplied both - image and dumpto parameters from
configuration file or command-line. Please specify only one of these in one
job.
There doesn't seem to be an option to specify "do not use a configuration
file" and take the operands from the command line.
What is the exact command syntax to write the IPL records to /dev/dasdp1?
-Thanks in advance, sorry if this has been covered already. I've looked
everywhere for detailed zipl command reference and usage notes and can find
practically nothing.
Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer
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