On Sep 26, 2005, at 2:20 PM, Stephen Frazier wrote:
I need to install Debian with a 2.6 kernel on my z/VM 3.1 system. Are there instructions available?
Not as such. Install 2.4.27 as usual. Do an apt-get upgrade kernel-image-2.6.8. If only it were really quite that simple: keep the old kernel around, and make sure you have the dual-boot stuff enabled, so you can get back to 2.4.27 when it blows up. Things you need to be aware of: You need devfs=nomount and the new-style dasd addresses in /etc/ zipl.conf: parameters = ro devfs=nomount dasd=0.0.0150,0.0.0152,0.0.0151,0.0.0153,0.0.0200 root=/dev/dasda1 /etc/fstab needs to have /dev/dasda1, /dev/dasda2, etc. type addresses, not /dev/dasd/0150/part1 (sigh) You need /dev/console as a character device major 5 minor 1. It's not really all that hard, but it is a little annoying. Contact me off-list with where the boot fails and I'll see if I can help. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
