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and write them onto a tape with the REXX from the example.
IMPORTANT: Transferring Binaries using FTP
Do not upload the files as fixed 80. Store them as fixed 1024. Use the
FTP command locsite fix 1024.
Example 2.3 REXX Script to Create an IPLable Tape
'REWIND 181'
'FILEDEF IN1 DISK' SLES10 IMAGE A
'FILEDEF IN2 DISK' SLES10 PARM A
'FILEDEF IN3 DISK' SLES10 INITRD A
'FILEDEF OUT TAP1 (RECFM F BLOCK 1024 LRECL 1024 PERM'
say 'Writing: ' left(file1,23)
'MOVEFILE IN1 OUT'
say 'Writing: ' left(file2,23)
'MOVEFILE IN2 OUT'
say 'Writing: ' left(file3,23)
'MOVEFILE IN3 OUT'
say 'Done.'
'REWIND 181'
exit
The tape in this script is attached as 181. Adjust the script to your needs.
2.4.2 z/VM Installation
This section is about IPLing the installation system to install SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server for IBM System z on a z/VM system.
IPL from the z/VM Reader
You need a working TCP/IP connection and an FTP client program within your newly
defined z/VM guest to transfer the installation system via FTP. Setting up TCP/IP for
z/VM is beyond the scope of this manual. Refer to the appropriate IBM documentation.
Log in as the z/VM Linux guest to IPL. Make the content of the directory /boot/
s390x on DVD 1 of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM System z available
by FTP within your network. From this directory, get the files vmrdr.ikr, initrd,
parmfile, and sles10.exec. Transfer the files with a fixed block size of 80
characters. Specify it with the FTP command locsite fix 80. It is important to
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