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-d <PARTITION> or --dumpto <PARTITION>
hPARTITIONi specifies the device node of the partition on
which the dump will be created. Example:/dev/dasdb1 or
/devfs/dasd/0192/part1
The command ZIPL reads the configuration file in /etc/zipl.conf and
uses the parameters listed in the file.
8.9.2 The ZIPL Configuration File
The configuration file for the ZIPL boot loader resides in the directory
/etc/zipl.conf.
Example 8.3 shows a zipl.conf file. It is divided into several sections.
You can define more than one way for IPLing your Linux system.
Example 8.3: /etc/zipl.conf
[defaultboot]
default=ipl
[ipl]
target=/boot/zipl
image=/boot/zilo-kernel/image
#ramdisk=/boot/initrd
parameters="dasd=0150 root=/dev/dasda2 noinitrd"
[dumptape]
target=/boot
dumpto=/boot/zipl
The section [defaultboot] defines the section to use be called if you call
ZIPL without any parameters.
The line parameters= defines the commands given to the kernel during
start-up. Here, specify which DASDs should be used and which one con-
tains the root file system. To add specific DASDs in the parameter line, use
something like:
parameters="dasd=0150,0151,0152 root=/dev/dasda2 noinitrd"
To add a DASD range, use a format like that used in the following:
parameters="dasd=0150-0155 root=/dev/dasda2 noinitrd"
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8.9. S/390, zSeries: The Boot Loader ZIPL