System information

Sharing and maintaining SLES 10 SP2 Linux under z/VM 51
===> copy s10rwmnt parm-s10 d lnx227 = =
===> x lnx227 parm-s10 d
ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc TERM=dumb
HostIP=129.40.179.227 Hostname=ntc227.pbm.ihost.com
Gateway=129.40.179.254 Netmask=255.255.255.0
Broadcast=129.40.179.255 Layer2=0
ReadChannel=0.0.0600 WriteChannel=0.0.0601 DataChannel=0.0.0602
Nameserver=129.40.106.1 Portname=dontcare
Install=nfs://129.40.179.200/nfs/sles10/SLES-10-CD-s390x-GMC-CD1.iso
UseVNC=1 VNCPassword=123456
InstNetDev=osa OsaInterface=qdio OsaMedium=eth Manual=0
Give the new user ID access to the system VSWITCH.
You should now be ready to clone a read-only Linux system via the CLONERO EXEC:
==> clonero lnx227
Do you want to copy R/O system from S10GOLD to lnx227 y/n
y
...
00: 21B4 21B5 21B6 01B4 01B5 01B6 DETACHED
Logon to the new read-only system and boot Linux:
LOGON LNX227
00: NIC 0600 is created; devices 0600-0602 defined
00: z/VM Version 5 Release 4.0, Service Level 0801 (64-bit),
00: built on IBM Virtualization Technology
00: There is no logmsg data
00: FILES: NO RDR, NO PRT, NO PUN
00: LOGON AT 08:36:08 EDT SATURDAY 06/27/09
z/VM V5.4.0 2008-12-05 12:25
DMSACP723I A (191) R/O
DMSACP723I C (592) R/O
DIAG swap disk defined at virtual address 1B2 (16245 4K pages of swap space)
DIAG swap disk defined at virtual address 1B3 (16245 4K pages of swap space)
Do you want to IPL Linux from DASD 1B0? y/n
y
You should see Linux boot, the modified parameter line, and the boot.findself script setting
the IP address and hostname:
00: zIPL v1.6.3 interactive boot menu
00:
00: 0. default (ipl)
00:
00: 1. ipl
00: 2. Failsafe
00:
00: Note: VM users please use '#cp vi vmsg <number> <kernel-parameters>'
00:
00: Please choose (default will boot in 3 seconds):
00: Booting default (ipl)...
Linux version 2.6.16.60-0.21-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.1.2 200701
15 (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP Tue May 6 12:41:02 UTC 2008
We are running under VM (64 bit mode)
Detected 2 CPU's
Boot cpu address 0
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line: ro dasd=1b0(ro),1b1(ro),1b2-1b7,1b8(ro),1b9-1bf,2b0-2bf,320
-33f root=/dev/dasdb1 TERM=dumb vmpoff=LOGOFF BOOT_IMAGE=0