On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: >>>> On 4/20/2015 at 07:33 AM, Christer Solskogen <christer.solsko...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi again. >> >> With SLES 12 it seems like grub2 is being used for booting and not >> zipl(?) - I can't find a /etc/zipl.conf* in SLES 12 at least. Is that >> normal? > > Yes, that is normal. The zipl command is still used, infrequently, to write > out the kernel and ramdisk that are used to get grub2 up and running. But > you shouldn't have to modify the config file for that since that isn't what > boots the kernel and ramdisk _you_ care about. > >> With SLES 12 I also had some trouble booting the system properly after >> a clean install (it might have something to do with the swap disk I >> mentioned in a earlier mail) - unless I remove any trace of >> "resume=/path/to/disk" in grub-config. Does having resume on s390 have >> any meaning? > > Absolutely it has meaning, as long as your swap space is large enough to hold > all the memory contents that need to be written there. One caveat there is > if you use something like a VDISK or a T-DISK for your paging. If those "go > away" for any reason, you won't be able to resume the system from where it > was paused. > >
Okay, but why? What do I need resume on s390x for? I'm sorry if I'm sounding like I'm having an attitude. I *really* wonder what you use resume on s390x/z/VM for. Also, you get huge kudos for replying faster than tech support at SuSE :-) -- chs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
