Re: s390x Install
Thanks, Philipp. The text looks fine, even if you are not a native
speaker. :-)
Have a good one, too.
DJ
On 11/30/2012 03:11 PM, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 09:52:54AM -0600, Dave Jones wrote:
>> Larry, you might try using the cio_ignore= kernel option to
>> limit the number of addresses the zLinux kernel looks for at
>> boot time. You might try something like this:
>>
>> cio_ignore=all,!0.0.1150,!0.0.fd00-0.0.fd02
>>
>> will ignore at boot time all devices except those at addresses
>> 1150, and FD00-FD02.
>>
>> I would put it in the generic parameter file you use at boot
>> time to load the kernel and initrd files.
>
> Thanks Dave. I just added this to "s390 Boot Parameters"[1]:
>
> | If you boot the installer in a logical partition (LPAR) or
> virtual | machine (VM) where a lot of devices are visible, you
> might want to | instruct the kernel to restrict the list to a
> fixed set of devices. This | is advised for the installer's boot
> process if a lot of disks are | visible. The "cio_ignore" option
> supports both a blacklist (to only | disallow a few devices) and a
> whitelist (to only allow specific | devices): | | <informalexample
> role="example"><screen> | # blacklist: just ignore the two
> devices 300 and 301 | cio_ignore=0.0.0300-0.0.0301 | # whitelist:
> ignore everything but 1150, FD00, FD01 and FD02 |
> cio_ignore=all,!0.0.1150,!0.0.fd00-0.0.fd02 |
> </screen></informalexample> | | Please note that all devices
> numbers' hex digits need to be specified in | lower case. To be
> considered during the installer's boot process the | above option
> needs to be added to <filename>parmfile.debian</filename>.
>
> But I'm neither an English native speaker nor a documentation guy.
>
> Kind regards Philipp Kern
>
> [1] http://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.s390/ch05s01.html#idp5194000
>
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