Basic Overview of the Boot Method

For installation you have to start a kernel (with the Linux kernel), an initrd64.bin (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 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.