Booting from tape

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 LPAR mode

You can boot Linux in LPAR mode from tape.

Before you begin

You need a boot device that is prepared with zipl.

Procedure

Perform these steps to boot from a tape boot device:

  1. In the navigation pane of the HMC, expand Systems Management and select the hardware system that you want to work with. A table of LPARs is displayed on the Partitions tab in the content area.
  2. Select the LPAR where you want to boot Linux.
  3. In the Tasks area, expand Recovery and click Load (see Figure 1).
    Figure 1. Load task on the HMC
    Screen capture of the Hardware Management Console. In the Tasks area, expand the Recovery list and click Load.
  4. Select load type Standard load.
    Select the Clear the main memory on this partition before loading it check box only if you must clear memory. Memory clearing can considerably prolong the IPL procedure.
  5. Enter the device number of the tape boot device in the Load address field.
  6. Click OK to start the boot process.

Results

Check the output on the preferred console to monitor the boot progress.