Comment lines should be ignored. They should not be used for determining
the /boot/zipl device
installkernel() {
local _boot_zipl
- _boot_zipl=$(sed -n 's/\(.*\)\w*\/boot\/zipl.*/\1/p' /etc/fstab)
+ _boot_zipl=$(sed -n -e '/^[[:space:]]*#/d' -e 's/\(.*\)\w*\/boot\/zipl.*/\1/p' /etc/fstab)
if [ -n "$_boot_zipl" ] ; then
eval $(blkid -s TYPE -o udev ${_boot_zipl})
if [ -n "$ID_FS_TYPE" ] ; then
cmdline() {
local _boot_zipl
- _boot_zipl=$(sed -n 's/\(.*\)\w*\/boot\/zipl.*/\1/p' /etc/fstab)
+ _boot_zipl=$(sed -n -e '/^[[:space:]]*#/d' -e 's/\(.*\)\w*\/boot\/zipl.*/\1/p' /etc/fstab)
if [ -n "$_boot_zipl" ] ; then
echo "rd.zipl=${_boot_zipl}"
fi