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  • Committer: Colin Watson
  • Date: 2007-11-28 15:27:10 UTC
  • mfrom: (664.1.1444)
  • Revision ID: cjwatson@canonical.com-20071128152710-u9183jjlufbt4vxy
Tags: 20041027ubuntu1
* Resynchronise with Debian.
* build/boot/powerpc/yaboot.conf, build/config/common,
  doc/manual/build/common.ent: Update for Hoary.
* doc/manual/en/administrivia/contributors.xml: Remove specific mention of
  Warty.

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 <sect1 arch="s390" id="ipl-tape">
 
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 <title>Creating an IPL tape</title>
 
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<para>
 
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If you can't boot (IPL) from the CD-ROM and you are not using VM
 
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you need to create an IPL tape first. This is described in section
 
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3.4.3 in the 
 
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<ulink url="http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/redbooks/sg246264.pdf">
 
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Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Distributions</ulink> 
 
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Redbook. The files you
 
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need to write to the tape are (in this order): 
 
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<filename>kernel.debian</filename>,
 
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<filename>parmfile.debian</filename> and
 
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<filename>initrd.debian</filename>. The files can be downloaded
 
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from the <filename>tape</filename> sub-directory, see 
 
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<xref linkend="where-files"/>,
 
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</para>
 
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 </sect1>
 
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