Jim, Make sure you have sufficient memory allocated in the LPAR to hold the RAM disk
Thanks, Sam -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> On Behalf Of Neale Ferguson Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:35 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Installing Fedora 29 in an LPAR (no z/VM) Your parm file is missing root= On 11/15/18, 14:33, "Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Jim Elliott" <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU on behalf of jlelliot...@gmail.com> wrote: 1st time trying to install Fedora and I am doing this in an LPAR (not under z/VM). I am booting the .iso from the HMC using FTP. The install stops after getting the message: "Warning: /dev/ram0 does not exist".Any suggestions from the list as to what I am doing wrong? I am following the instructions in the RHEL 7.5 doc (which is what the Fedora site pointed me to). Jim Elliott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marist.edu%2Fhtbin%2Fwlvindex%3FLINUX-390&data=02%7C01%7CSam.Cohen%40LRS.COM%7C4f01df806ebd410a2bec08d64b31c9ad%7C62af9ccc42164ae2a1d306614c59c315%7C0%7C0%7C636779074546221734&sdata=vJAGvbodkEjgWsOUi12vi85kuHOdMQAyBQ6V782a1wA%3D&reserved=0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.linuxvm.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7CSam.Cohen%40LRS.COM%7C4f01df806ebd410a2bec08d64b31c9ad%7C62af9ccc42164ae2a1d306614c59c315%7C0%7C0%7C636779074546231743&sdata=2pslQpgOX8vEzGT0V7Cu8OuDdGarChOU85bqDDUTuRk%3D&reserved=0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/