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<sect1 arch="s390" id="ipl-tape">
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<title>Creating an IPL tape</title>
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<para>
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If you can't boot (IPL) from the CD-ROM and you are not using VM
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you need to create an IPL tape first. This is described in section
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3.4.3 in the
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<ulink url="http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/redbooks/sg246264.pdf">
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Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Distributions</ulink>
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Redbook. The files you
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need to write to the tape are (in this order):
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<filename>kernel.debian</filename>,
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<filename>parmfile.debian</filename>,
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<filename>initrd.debian</filename> and optionally a second
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initrd with the OCO modules. The first three files can be downloaded
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from the <filename>tape</filename> sub-directory, see
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<xref linkend="where-files"></xref>,
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</para>
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<para condition="FIXME">
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<emphasis>FIXME: talk more about the second initrd</emphasis>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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