zipl command failed with "Error: Component overlap: kernel image and initial ramdisk"

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Issue

  • I downloaded the iso file of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for s390 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 machine.
  • And, I run zipl command with the kernel and initrd image from the iso file.
# zipl -V -t /ISO/ -i /ISO/images/kernel.img -r /ISO/images/initrd.img -p /ISO/images/generic.prm
  • But, zipl command failed with the following error
Error: Component overlap: kernel image and initial ramdisk

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 and 6.2

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