Re: What is IPL ?

[Martin Quinson <Martin.Quinson@ens-lyon.fr>]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 04:17:02AM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 08:34:17AM +0100, Martin Quinson wrote:
> 
> > I'm the french translator of dbootstrap, and I can't translate what I don't
> > understand, so I have to ask it here :
> > 
> > What does the following messages mean ? 
> > 
> > #: bootconfig.c:1555
> > msgid "Running ZIPL to make the kernel able to IPL from the DASD..."
> > 
> > #: bootconfig.c:2582
> > msgid ""
> > "ZIPL could not be installed. You are not able to IPL this Linux system right "
> > "now. Please see the log file and manually repair the problem."
> > 
> > Don't you think it would be an improvement to redo these sentences in a more
> > understandable way ? ;)
> 
> IPL stands for Initial Program Load, and is another name for what we
> microcomputer types call "booting".  The acronym IPL is very common in the
> mainframe industry, culture and documentation, and should be preserved
> verbatim.

Thanks for the explanation.
What about adding the meaning of the acronym between parenthesis ?

Bye, Mt.

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