System information

36 Sharing and maintaining SLES 10 SP2 Linux under z/VM
at 1B9 for /sbin/ and one at 1BA for /bin/). The additional slots from 2B0-2BF can be used
for adding devices for logical volumes, and the additional slots from 320-32F can be
considered reserved for future growth.
򐂰 The vmpoff=LOGOFF parameter is added so that VM user IDs are logged off after Linux is
shut down.
Back up the original zipl.conf then make the following changes:
# cd /etc
# cp zipl.conf zipl.conf.orig
# vi zipl.conf
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Wed Aug 29 19:48:46 UTC 2007
[defaultboot]
defaultmenu = menu
:menu
target = /boot/zipl
timeout = 3
prompt = 1
1 = ipl
2 = failsafe
default = 1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ipl###
[ipl]
target = /boot/zipl
image = /boot/image
ramdisk = /boot/initrd,0x1000000
parameters = "dasd=1b0-1bf,2b0-2bf,320-33f root=/dev/dasdb1 TERM=dumb vmpoff=LOGOFF"
...
Run zipl to write the changes to /boot/:
# zipl
Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf'
Building bootmap in '/boot/zipl'
Building menu 'menu'
Adding #1: IPL section 'ipl' (default)
Adding #2: IPL section 'Failsafe'
Preparing boot device: dasda (01b0).
Done.
Adding the CMS file system package
The cmsfs RPM is added via the zypper install command. It will be needed by the
boot.findself script to obtain the correct IP address and host name from the 191 (CMSCLONE
192) disk at first boot.
# zypper install cmsfs
Restoring system sources...
Do you want to trust key id A84EDAE89C800ACA, SuSE Package Signing Key <[e-mail]>,
fingerprint 79C179B2E1C820C1890F9994A84EDAE89C800ACA [y/n]: y
Import key A84EDAE89C800ACA to trusted keyring? [y/n]: y
Parsing metadata for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2...
Important: The “dasd=...” and “vmpoff=LOGOFF” parameters must be specified as above
because the mnt2rogld.sh script will key off of these strings.