On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 05:46:39PM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 02:15:10PM +0100, Hendrik Brueckner wrote: > > Honestly, I would propose a different approach to limit the DASD device > > available to the Debian installer. I believe that typical customer > > environments have set up their LPARs (and z/VM guest virtual machines) > > to limit the number of devices to those required/designated for the LPAR. > > > > Of course, there can be the case where LPARs almost have access to (almost) > > every device. For this case, the solution is to use "cio_ignore" kernel > > parameter. With this kernel parameter you can control the devices that > > are visible to the Linux instance. > > > > For example, > > > > cio_ignore=all,!ipldev,!condev,!0.0.da00-0.0.da10 > > > > ignores all devices except the console device, the IPL device, and the > > range of devices from 0.0.da00 to 0.0.da10 that might be DASDs or any > > other devices. Note that you can change the cio_ignore settings at runtime, > > so you can later make additional devices visible. > > > > With this solution, there is no hardcoded limit necessary and the user > > can still see the list of DASDs to be configured. > > > > What do you think? > > it'd be nice to see that in the installation manual, I think, so that > it's at least documented.
How are installation manual changes are handled? Thanks and kind regards, Hendrik
