Just be aware that cmsfs doesn't work with SuSE SLES9x. Some people are like Slinkies... Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
Gordon Wolfe, Ph. D. (425)865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Mrohs, Ray > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:14 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Passing parameters to an autologged guest > > You can also consider cmsfs, which will let you mount a CMS file system > (minidisk) thats maintained under VM. Then linux can read a CMS config file > during startup to control your apps, network information, etc. Just alter the > script in the config file before startup to affect the characteristics of your > server. > > Ray Mrohs > Energy Information Administration > U.S. Department of Energy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Melin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 5:13 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Passing parameters to an autologged guest > > > One more question > > I am speaking from only minimal understanding since I'm not* the VM person > at our shop, however our VM person set up a little prompt at the IPL of > z/VM to ask whether or not to IPL the linux guests. > > If you say yes, it goes and uses XAUTOLOG to IPL those guests. Is it > possible to pass a parameter to linux in some fashion that either tells the > guest to come up in a different runlevel, or otherwise pass something that > can be interrogated during linux startup that tells a script in /etc/init.d > to do X or Y depending on the value. > > Where I'm going with this is to IPL a linux guest in a disaster recovery OR > system maintenance situation where I don't want the automatic programmed > start of WebSphere to happen because underlying items on z/OS are > unavailable (RACFLDAP, DB2, Shadow Direct etc) at the time of z/Linux > recovery. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
