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action #33682

Updated by okurz almost 6 years ago

#33223 (poo#33223)[https://progress.opensuse.org/issues/33223] showed us how to setup a SCSI-drive to kickstart a SLES installation from the initramfs by using kexec to chain-load several "bootloader" steps. 
 This knowledge now needs to be preserved for future in form of documentation. This includes ( **ACs** ): (**ACs**): 

 * How to setup the "magic" bootstrap SCSI-disk 
   * Partitioning 
   * `zipl` installation 
 * How to use qnipl (partly done in https://github.com/nicksinger/dracut-qnipl/blob/master/README.md) 
 * Limitations/Pitfalls/Improvements 
 * Reproduce the setup

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