I am installing ClefOS 7.4 to run under Hercules, to make sure what I have to do before attempting to install it (ClefOS) into an LPAR.
Hercules is running under Centos 6.something on my laptop. I have the 74base.iso loop-mounted, so it should be loading everything via http within Hercules. I have the 74update.iso, if that would work better, but I haven't tried it yet. I have done a variety of things to make the installation work, and it hasn't so far. I never get the timeout-starting messages Frank gets, but I always seem to get down to that message about /dev/root not existing. Google shows a number of these occurrences in the past, mostly because the ramdisk didn't get started/created properly. I have increased the memory that Hercules specifies for this guy, but I keep getting... >Warning: /dev/root does not exist I figured it was just me. I think I have a problem with my kernel parms, based on what I found in Google; I think I've just been using the basic setup included in the ISO (generic.ins). I have taken the CMS "support' files that they also distribute, and concatenate those on device 000C so I can IPL from it in Hercules, and that works slightly differently, but...I always end up with... >Warning: /dev/root does not exist I'd be happy to hear any ideas, too. R; Rob Hamilton Infrastructure Engineer Chemical Abstracts Service >-----Original Message----- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf >Of Frank M. Ramaekers >Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 10:10 AM >To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: Re: Truth/Troth what is the difference? > >Little help with ClefOS 7.4 install. It seems to execute just fine until: > Starting Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller... <snip> >Ý 234.311564¨ dracut-initqueueÝ608¨: Warning: Could not boot."" >Ý 234.314917¨ dracut-initqueueÝ608¨: Warning: /dev/root does not exist > Starting Dracut Emergency Shell... >Warning: /dev/root does not exist > >Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" > > >Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue. >Type "journalctl" to view system logs. >You might want to save "/run/initr >amfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot >after mounting them and attach it to a bug report. > > >dracut:/# > >Googling the error message doesn't help. > >TIA, >Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message transmission, including any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged information from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society ("ACS"). If you have received this transmission in error, be advised that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Please destroy all copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying to this message or calling 614-447-3600. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
