>>> On 8/16/2012 at 03:22 PM, David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net> wrote: >> If true, you'll still >> need some channel attached disk for z/VM and, I think, the z/Linux "boot" >> DASD. I don't know if z/Linux under z/VM can boot from an iSCSI device. > > It can't, but you can use Rick Troth's R/O root device trick to get to the > point where you have a network, and then pivot onto a iSCSI device as your > root filesystem. > A little bit tricky to set up, but works fine.
Why would that be necessary, when mkinitrd can build in iSCSI support natively? Come to think of it, this may be a case when having the kernel in an NSS makes perfect sense. Even without that, having the kernel and initrd written to DASD or SCSI is enough to then have the root file system (and all others as desired) on an iSCSI disk. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
