Bug 580631

This feature request did not get resolved in time for Feature Freeze
for the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release and has now been
denied. You may re-open your request by requesting your support
representative to propose it for the next release.

This feature request did not get resolved in time for Feature Freeze
for the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release and has now been
denied. You may re-open your request by requesting your support
representative to propose it for the next release.

Text for this can be found in IBM's review comments provided to Red Hat.

(In reply to comment #3)
> Text for this can be found in IBM's review comments provided to Red Hat.    

Thank you IBM!

This text is incorporated into the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Installation Guide from build 0-56 onwards:

20.1.1. Using the z/VM Reader
Perform the following steps to boot from the z/VM reader:

   1.
      If necessary, add the device containing the z/VM TCP/IP tools to your CMS disk list. For example:

      cp link tcpmaint 592 592
      acc 592 fm

      Replace fm with any FILEMODE letter.
   2.
      Execute the command:

      ftp host

      Where host is the hostname or IP address of the FTP server that hosts the boot images (kernel.img and initrd.img).
   3.
      Log in and execute the following commands. Use the (repl option if you are overwriting existing kernel.img, initrd.img, generic.prm, or redhat.exec files:

      cd /location/of/install-tree/images/ 
      ascii  
      get generic.prm (repl  
      get redhat.exec (repl  
      locsite fix 80  
      binary  
      get kernel.img (repl  
      get initrd.img (repl  
      quit

   4.
      Optionally check whether the files were transferred correctly by using the CMS command filelist to show the received files and their format. It is important that kernel.img and initrd.img have a fixed record length format denoted by F in the Format column and a record length of 80 in the Lrecl column. For example:

      VMUSER FILELIST A0 V 169 Trunc=169 Size=6 Line=1 Col=1 Alt=0 
      Cmd Filename Filetype Fm Format Lrecl Records Blocks Date Time 
       REDHAT EXEC B1 V 22 1 1 4/15/10 9:30:40 
       GENERIC PRM B1 V 44 1 1 4/15/10 9:30:32 
       INITRD IMG B1 F 80 118545 2316 4/15/10 9:30:25 
       KERNEL IMG B1 F 80 74541 912 4/15/10 9:30:17

      Press PF3 to quit filelist and return to the CMS prompt.
   5.
      Finally execute the REXX script redhat.exec to boot (IPL) the installer:

      redhat

Verified IBM feedback is incorporated into
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Installation_Guide-6-en-US-0-74.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.