Installing Linux for z Systems on zPDT: A Short Cookbook

Table of contents

1. Front cover
2. Notices
   1. Trademarks
3. IBM Redbooks promotions
4. Preface
   1. Authors
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5. Chapter 1. Introduction
   1. 1.1 Abbreviations
   2. 1.2 The base Linux system
   3. 1.3 Configurations used
6. Chapter 2. Base installation
   1. 2.1 Prerequisites
   2. 2.2 Base installation steps
      1. 2.2.1 Base Linux installation
   3. 2.3 zPDT installation
   4. 2.4 z Systems disk planning
   5. 2.5 zPDT device map
      1. 2.5.1 LAN interface
      2. 2.5.2 Initial zPDT startup
   6. 2.6 Typical operation with zPDT
7. Chapter 3. Linux for z Systems (SUSE)
   1. 3.1 Installing SLES 11 service pack 3
      1. 3.1.1 Booting the installer and installation kernel
      2. 3.1.2 Using VNC to work with YaST2
      3. 3.1.3 Completing the installation
      4. 3.1.4 Additional work
      5. 3.1.5 Stopping the system
      6. 3.1.6 FTP
      7. 3.1.7 More DASD
      8. 3.1.8 Network expansion
   2. 3.2 SLES 12
      1. 3.2.1 Booting the installer and installation kernel
8. Chapter 4. Linux for z Systems (Red Hat)
   1. 4.1 Installing RHEL 6.7
      1. 4.1.1 Installation status
      2. 4.1.2 Additional steps
      3. 4.1.3 Shutdown
      4. 4.1.4 Adding additional disk volumes
   2. 4.2 Installing RHEL 7.1
      1. 4.2.1 System status
9. Chapter 5. General topics
   1. 5.1 Memory usage
   2. 5.2 Disk backups
   3. 5.3 zPDT updates
   4. 5.4 Base Linux updates
   5. 5.5 Disk addresses
10. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Online resources
11. Back cover