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Save the file and run telinit q to pass the changes in /etc/inittab to init. The
vt220 terminal should then be ready to use. If not, try hitting Enter at the terminal until
the login prompt appears.
Make sure that you do not apply the changes as described above to a system that does
not support vt220 terminal emulators. Otherwise, login might become impossible on
this system and you will be shown the following message:
INIT respawning too fast, disabled for 5 minutes.
To redirect the kernel messages at boot time from the system console to the vt220 ter-
minal, add the following entries to the parameters line in /etc/zipl.conf:
console=ttyS0 console=ttyS1
The resulting parameters line would look like the following example:
parameters = "root=/dev/dasda2 TERM=dumb console=ttyS0 console=ttyS1"
Save the changes in /etc/zipl.conf, run zipl, and reboot the system.
4.6 Further In-Depth Information
IBM has published a number of very interesting documents about their System z plat-
form. Find them either on the Internet (http://www.redbooks.ibm.com) or in
your installed system (package redbook) under /usr/share/doc/packages/
redbook.
4.6.1 IBM System z with SUSE Linux
Find additional in-depth technical documentation about the kernel and application topics
on IBM System z with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server at the following location:
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/
documentation_novell_suse.html
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