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  <sect2 arch="s390"><title>s390 Limitations</title>
<para>

In order to run the installation system a working network setup and
ssh session is needed on S/390.

</para><para>

The booting process starts with a network setup that prompts you for
several network parameters. If the setup is successful, you will login
to the system by starting a ssh session which will launch the
standard installation system.

</para>
  </sect2>


  <sect2 arch="s390"><title>s390 Boot Parameters</title>
<para>

On S/390 you can append boot parameters in the parm file.  This file can
either be in ASCII or EBCDIC format.  Please read
<ulink url="&url-s390-devices;">Device Drivers and Installation Commands</ulink>
for more information about S/390-specific boot parameters.

</para>
  </sect2>