The installation process assumes basic familiarity with the IBM iSeries
platform and makes reference to IBM's Configuring Linux in a
Guest Partition. In general, this section assumes that you have
read the Configuring Linux in a Guest Partition
document (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/info/rzalm/rzalmlinuxkickoff.htm)
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To prepare your iSeries system for installation, follow the instructions
in the Planning to run Linux on a logical partition
and Creating a logical partition to run Linux
sections of the Configuring Linux in a Guest
Partition document. Consult your OS/400 command documentation
for information on configuring the OS/400 facilities (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/info/rbam6/rbam6clmain.htm). The
basic steps for installation preparation on your iSeries are as
follows: First, create a Logical Partition in SST using the screens in
Work with system partitions. The partition must be of
type Guest, have some amount of processor and memory, and either a native
LAN adapter or virtual Ethernet assigned. After you create your Linux
partition, assign a hosting partition to it. Select option
13 on the new Linux partition in the Work
with Partition Configuration screen. Next, IPL your primary
partition after creating the new partition. If you are using shared processors with V5R2 OS/400, you can dynamically
change the amount of processor units assigned to your partition, as long as
it is within the minimum and maximum processor units you have set for your
partition. You cannot dynamically go below a minimum of 0.10 times the
number of processors. Changing the processor or memory limits requires a
Primary Partition IPL. Next, create an NWSD by executing the command crtnwsd
from the OS/400 command line. The Partition field has the name of the
Logical Partition you created in SST; it should be of type Guest and
Codepage 437. For a basic NWSD, use *None for the Resource
Name and keep the defaults for all the other fields — the boot fields
are setup in Section 2.1.2 Booting the iSeries Installation Program. Assuming you plan on using a virtual disk rather than native SCSI using
the ipr driver, create an NWSSTG (virtual disk) by
executing the command wrknwsstg from the OS/400 command
line. Once you create it, you must add a link to the NWSD you created using
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