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6.4.1 Open Firmware<br />

For instructions about accessing the Open Firmware prompt, refer to “Activating<br />

the Open Firmware interfaces” on page 94.<br />

When you reach the Open Firmware prompt, pass bootparm through the boot-file<br />

variable. Example 6-8 and Example 6-9 show the settings for SuSE and Red Hat<br />

respectively.<br />

Example 6-8 Open Firmware settings for SuSE<br />

0 > setenv boot-file autoyast=nfs://192.168.1.113:/mnt/SUSE-Source/autoyast.xml<br />

install=nfs://192.168.1.113:/mnt/SLES-Source/SLES9/ netdevice=eth1<br />

Example 6-9 Open Firmware settings for Red Hat<br />

0 > setenv boot-file ks=nfs:192.168.1.112:/mnt/install-images/ks.cfg<br />

ksdevice=eth1<br />

After the installation is complete, remember to clear the boot-file value. If this<br />

value is not cleared, it is passed to the kernel as bootparm next time you boot.<br />

You can clear the value by using the nvsetenv command. We recommend that<br />

you run this command after the installation completes via either AutoYaST or<br />

Kickstart, as appropriate.<br />

This command is provided by the ppc64-utils RPM in RHEL and the util-linux<br />

RPM in SLES. <strong>The</strong> syntax to clear the boot-file variable is:<br />

# /sbin/nvsetenv boot-file ""<br />

6.4.2 mkzimage_cmdline: SuSE only<br />

mkzimage_cmdline is a utility contained in the SLES 9 lilo RPM. <strong>The</strong> SuSE kernel<br />

has special markers that allow mkzimage_cmdline to pass bootparm information<br />

directly through the zImage.initrd. Example 6-10 shows the syntax.<br />

Example 6-10 mkzimage_cmdline<br />

# /lib/lilo/chrp/mkzimage_cmdline -a 1 -c -s<br />

"autoyast=nfs://192.168.1.113:/mnt/SUSE-Source/autoyast.xmlinstall=nfs://192.16<br />

8.1.113:/mnt/SLES-Source/SLES9/ netdevice=eth1" netboot.suse.img<br />

# /lib/lilo/chrp/mkzimage_cmdline netboot.suse.img<br />

cmd_line size:512<br />

cmd_line: autoyast=nfs://192.168.1.113:/mnt/SUSE-Source/autoyast.xml<br />

install=nfs://192.168.1.113:/mnt/SLES-Source/SLES9/ netdevice=eth1<br />

active: 1<br />

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