What Makes It Tick: The Linux Boot Process on IBM zSeries

Linux on the Mainframe is a powerful tool, but are you safe using a tool without understanding how that tool works? In this session you will be show step-by-step how a Linux Kernel loads into an LPAR or z/VM - up to the point where the system init script starts.

 

The following information will be presented:

 * zipl : How it works and how you can control it.

 * Starting the Linux Kernel from DASD, zFCP disk or NSS.

 * Linux Kernel boot options that only a zSeries admin could love.

Come prepared to learn about the Linux Kernel boot process and how you can control it better.

Tracks: Linux Systems Management and zNextGen