Actually, all you need to do is activate the device, format it and get it where you want it, then run mkinitrd and zipl, and it will be available in the following boot.
If you manage to mess up enough that you can't get to the yast2 menus (like I did this morning), the command to activate a new device is chccwdev -e 0.0.ccuu. Once you have it activated, run mkinitrd and zipl, then reboot. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation RO-OC-1-13 (new loc) 200 First Street SW 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Melin Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 3:48 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SLES9 zipl/mkinitrd question That's the piece I cant find in the 2.6 kernel device drivers manual is how to specify the command and where. I read the section on zipl in SC33-8281-00 and while I see a lot of stuff about SCSI boot and SCSI Dump stuff, and even boot menu stuff, but alas nothing talking about specifying DASD on the command line or config file. Is there a more complete set of documentation on zipl/zipl.conf than the device drivers features and commands manual ? "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] m> To Sent by: Linux on LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 390 Port cc <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> Subject Re: SLES9 zipl/mkinitrd question 12/02/2005 03:19 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> Yes. Put it in the command line entry in /etc/zipl.conf and rebuild your initrd. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Melin Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 4:14 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: SLES9 zipl/mkinitrd question Is there a way to specify the dasd devices you want the guest to know about at IPL like there was in SLES8? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
