Neale,
Yes, that's the magic charm. Thanks!
-Mike
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Neale Ferguson <ne...@sinenomine.net>
wrote:
> You need to point it at the install.img file. Here's what I used (it needs
> to spill at 80 characters):
>
> root=live:nfs://
> repo.dev.sinenomine.net/export/repository/s390x/linux/RHEL/7/7.0/iso/images/install.img
> ramdisk_size=131072 cio_ignore=all,!condev
> CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=rhel.conf
>
> On Sep 16, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Michael MacIsaac <mike99...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Neale, Felipe,
> >
> > Thanks for the quick replies. I got to the documentation on the Web and
> > will bookmark it.
> >
> > In section 14.1 "Customizing generic.prm", I don't see anything about
> > live:nfs://, nor root= (maybe I'm missing it).
> >
> > In section 14.2 "Considerations for Hard Drive Installation on IBM System
> > z" I read:
> > "If you wish to boot the installation program from a hard drive, you can
> > optionally install the zipl boot loader on the same (or a different)
> > disk..." He he - perhaps this was copied from the Intel book? (sorry,
> > couldn't resist :))
> >
> > So I followed Neale's hint and tried adding a line to the parm file:
> >
> > root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1
> >
> > where the dvd1 directory is mounted loopback.
> >
> > Then after the "Reached target Basic System." message it only waits a few
> > seconds, so it seems to be communicating with the NFS server. But now it
> > fails with:
> > ...
> > 33.492098¨ FS-Cache: Loaded
> > 33.500256¨ FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
> > 33.504518¨ Key type dns_resolver registered
> > 33.511157¨ NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type
> > 33.511167¨ Key type id_resolver registered
> > 33.511170¨ Key type id_legacy registered
> > 33.542071¨ dracut: FATAL: failed to download live image: error 1
> > 33.542091¨ dracut: Refusing to continue
> > ...
> >
> > I tried again with the line whereby the install program does the NFS
> mount:
> >
> > root=live:nfs://myserver/srv/nfs/rhel7/rhel-server-7.0-s390x-dvd.iso
> >
> > But got the same error. Both directories /srv/nfs/rhel7/ and
> > /srv/nfs/rhel7/dvd1 are NFS exported on 'myserver'.
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated.
>
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