Mercurial > docs > s390-linux
changeset 16:7718d9e7be23
herc-s390: mention compressed DASDs, suggest ext3 instead of ext2
| author | Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net> |
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| date | Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:37:23 -0500 |
| parents | d77f4b742bc4 |
| children | ca14464cc7c4 |
| files | body-hercules-s390.html hercules-s390/ssh-menu1.png hercules-s390/ssh-partition2.png hercules-s390/ssh-partition3.png hercules-s390/ssh-partition4.png hercules-s390/ssh-partition5.png |
| diffstat | 6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/body-hercules-s390.html Sun Nov 29 17:33:12 2009 -0500 +++ b/body-hercules-s390.html Fri Dec 25 17:37:23 2009 -0500 @@ -180,6 +180,17 @@ </pre> <p> +Alternatively, if you want to save disk space at the expense of some +run-time overhead, you can use zlib or bz2 compressed DASDs by using the -z +or -bz2 arguments, respectively. For example, +</p> + +<pre> +$ dasdinit -z -lfs -linux 3390.LINUX.0120 3390-3 LIN120 # / +$ dasdinit -z -lfs -linux 3390.LINUX.0121 3390-3 LIN121 # /home +</pre> + +<p> Congratulations! You are ready to start the emulator now. Since, the default configuration on any reasonable Linux box will require you to be root to set up tun/tap connections, let's start hercules as root with the config file: @@ -332,7 +343,7 @@ <img src="hercules-s390/ssh-menu1.png" /> <p> -Select: <strong>start menu</strong> +Select: <strong>start installer</strong> </p> <p> @@ -403,8 +414,11 @@ <p> should seem familiar to anyone who installed Debian before and chose manual -partitioning. You want to create one partition on each DASD, both ext2 to -avoid "double-journaling", and save some clock cycles. +partitioning. You want to create one partition on each DASD. For filesystem +type, feel free to chose whatever filesystem you prefer. Each has their +advantages. I tend to go with XFS, but because there is a bug in the Debian +installer, it not very easy to get XFS going...so for the sake of +simplicity, I went with ext3. </p> <img src="hercules-s390/ssh-partition2.png" /> @@ -414,13 +428,19 @@ <img src="hercules-s390/ssh-partition4.png" /> <p> +Now, the installer will ask you if you want to go back to the partitioning +menu because you didn't define any swap. It's up to you, I tend to go +without swap. +</p> + +<p> Confirm the changes: </p> <img src="hercules-s390/ssh-partition5.png" /> <p> -Now the ext2 filesystems will get created on the DASD packs. +Now the ext3 filesystems will get created on the DASD packs. </p> <p>