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The Load Progress box was then displayed while the tape was read.
The reading of the tape was eventually successful, as indicated as in
Figure 3-12. However, as often occurs, we experienced a number of load failures
due to other systems accessing the tape controllers, etc, so patience and
persistence are definitely virtues in this scenario.
Figure 3-12 Load completed!
At this point, the installation kernel has been booted. If you double-click the
Operating System Messages icon, you will (eventually) start to see the usual
Linux/390 startup messages. This may take a minute or more, depending on your
hardware and syst