You need a root= statement in the generic.prm file. For example here’s what we use for a RHEL7 ISO mounted on an internal NFS server:
root=live:nfs://172.17.16.45/export/redhat/rhel7/s390x/iso/images/install.img
Neale Ferguson
From: Dell-Edward <dell.coleman@gmail.com>
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Date: Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 05:40
To: Fedora <s390x@lists.fedoraproject.org>
Subject: Fedora 23 s390x installed on Hercules
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This goes long fine but ends with a message cant find /dev/root What next?
how do I get to have the dev dir creted on the new file system?
Many thx..
To do the install I downloaded the ISO to my x86 machine, and used the x86 httpd server to perform the install.
With the httpd server running and the ISO mounted at a location httpd could access.
mkdir /var/www/html/install/DVD1/
mount -o loop Fedora-Server-DVD-s390x-23.iso /var/www/html/install/DVD1/
I started hercules and issued this command to begin the install;
ipl ks-lvm.ins
where ks-lvm.ins is:
* minimal lpar ins file
images/kernel.img 0x00000000
images/initrd.img 0x02000000
images/generic.prm.kslvm 0x00010480
images/initrd.addrsize 0x00010408
and images/generic.prm.kslvm is
ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!0.0.0009
rd.dasd=0.0.0130
rd.znet=ctc,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,protocol=0
ip=192.168.200.3:192.168.200.4:192.168.200.4:255.255.255.0:f23-s390x.edu:slccw0.0.0600:none
nameserver=192.168.1.254
inst.repo=http://192.168.200.4/install/DVD1
ks=http://192.168.200.4/install/f23-lvm.ks
and /var/www/html/install/f23-lvm.ks is
url --url=http://192.168.200.4/install/DVD1
text
part /boot --fstype="ext4" --size=500
part pv.01 --grow --size 1
volgroup Fedora --pesize=32768 pv.01
logvol / --grow --size=2048 --name=Root --vgname=Fedora
logvol swap --fstype="swap" --size=2048 --name=Swap --vgname=Fedora
zerombr
bootloader --location=mbr
clearpart --all --initlabel
logging --level=debug
rootpw --plaintext fedora
firewall --enabled
keyboard us
lang en_US
timezone --isUtc America/New_York
poweroff
%packages --ignoremissing
end
and fedora.cnf is
CPUSERIAL 002623 # CPU serial number
CPUMODEL 2097 # CPU model number
MODEL EMULATOR # STSI returned model
PLANT ZZ # STSI returned plant
MANUFACTURER HRC # STSI returned manufacturer
LPARNAME HERCULES # DIAG 204 returned lparname
CPUVERID FD # CPU Version Identification
MAINSIZE 2048 # Main storage size in megabytes
XPNDSIZE 0 # Expanded storage size in megabytes
NUMCPU 2 # Number of CPUs
ARCHMODE z/Arch # Architecture mode S/370, ESA/390 or z/Arch
ECPSVM NO # VM Assist : NO or Level (20 recommended)
OSTAILOR LINUX # OS tailoring
SYSEPOCH 1900 # Base year for initial TOD clock
PANRATE FAST # Panel refresh rate
HTTPPORT 8081 # 127.0.0.1:8081
CNSLPORT 3270 # TCP port number to which consoles connect
# .-----------------------Device number
# | .-----------------Device type
# | | .---------File name and parameters
# | | |
# V V V
# ---- ---- --------------------
0009 3215-C / noprompt
000C 3505 images/kernel.img images/generic.prm images/initrd.img autopad
001F 3270
# root's password is "fedora"
#
# dasdinit -bz2 -r linux-fba.130 9336 16777216
# or
# dd if=/dev/zero of=linux-fba.130.raw bs=1 count=0 seek=8G
# dasdcopy -o CFBA -bz2 -r linux-fba.130.raw linux-fba.130
#0130 9336 dasd/linux-fba.130
#
# dasdinit -bz2 -linux linux-ckd.130 3390-9 LNX000
0130 3390 dasd/linux-ckd.130
#
# CTC network
# run "iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.200.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQUERADE"
# "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"
# for allowing the Fedora VM to access external networks
0600.2 3088 CTCI /dev/net/tun 1492 192.168.200.3 192.168.200.4 255.255.255.255
It was over a month ago that I did this, but I think these are what worked for me
after a good bit of trial and error.
Karl