Basic Overview of the Boot Method

For installation you must start a kernel (with the Linux kernel), an initrd.img for VM installations or a tapeinrd.img for LPAR installation (with some basic network applications and kernel drivers), and a parameter file with some information about your network configuration. Once this is started on the S/390, the networking will be configured. You can then use telnet or ssh on another computer to log into your S/390 Linux install image and start an installation script to install S/390 Linux onto your file system.