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Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Distributions
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Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Distributions

by Michael MacIsaac, Ronald Annuss, Wolfgang Engel, Chris Gombola, Timothy Nunes, Mark Post, Don Stubbs, Egon Terwedow, Craig Vernon
September 2001
Intermediate to advanced
580 pages
12h 30m
English
IBM Redbooks
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Chapter 16. VIF 281
We IPLed from the HMC by selecting the proper LPAR and double-clicking
LOAD. This time, the DASD was specified as the load address with no load
parameter. The process took a few minutes, but then began asking the
aforementioned questions. We answered the questions and were asked to
confirm.
In your case, after you enter yes, VIF will first attempt to get the install file
described in 16.5.1, Prepare an FTP server with the VIF install file and Linux on
page 272. Then it will try to get and load the Linux kernel, parameter file, and
RAMdisk specified in the install file. If these steps are successful, a Linux image
will boot to RAMdisk.
If you get a message stating: Error 17 installing Linux, this probably means
that VIF ...
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