System information

Sharing and maintaining SLES 10 SP2 Linux under z/VM 25
SLES10S2 KERNEL The SLES 10 SP2 kernel. This is available from the /boot/s390x/
directory of the SLES 10 SP2 install media, where it is named
vmrdr.ikr.
SLES10S2 INITRD The SLES 10 SP2 initial RAMdisk. This is also available from the
/boot/s390x/ directory of the SLES 10 SP2 install media, where it is
named initrd.
SWAPGEN EXEC The EXEC to create VDISK swap spaces. It is included in the tar file
for convenience. The latest copy of this EXEC is available from the
Sine Nomine Associates Web page:
http://download.sinenomine.net/swapgen/
Following is a sample FTP session shown moving the files from the associated tar file. In this
example the IP address of the z/VM system is 9.60.18.218:
# ftp 9.60.18.218
Name (9.60.18.218:root): cmsclone
Password:
230 CMSCLONE logged in; working directory = CMSCLONE 191
Remote system type is z/VM.
ftp> put CLONERO.EXEC
...
ftp> put CLONERW.EXEC
...
ftp> put COPYMDSK.EXEC
...
ftp> put LINKED.EXEC
...
ftp> put MNT2TST.EXEC
...
ftp> put MNT2GOLD.EXEC
...
ftp> put RO2GOLD.EXEC
...
ftp> put RO2GOLD2.EXEC
...
ftp> put TST2MNT.EXEC
...
ftp> cd cmsclone.192
250 Working directory is CMSCLONE 192
ftp> put SAMPLE.PARM-S10
...
ftp> put SLES10S2.EXEC
...
ftp> put SWAPGEN.EXEC
Important: Downloading and setting up SWAPGEN can be a bit tricky. There is a “mailable”
format, but people have reported problems using this. There is also a VMARC (VM
archive) format, which is like a tar file or zip file. However, VMARC is not standard with
z/VM. To obtain and use VMARC command, see the section How to download something on
the z/VM download Web site:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/
The SWAPGEN EXEC is included in the tar file for convenience.