diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/generic.ins b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/generic.ins
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..756d2ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/generic.ins
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+* minimal lpar ins file
+images/kernel.img 0x00000000
+images/initrd.img @INITRD_LOAD_ADDRESS@
+images/genericdvd.prm 0x00010480
+images/initrd.addrsize 0x00010408
diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/generic.prm b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/generic.prm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1dc3977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/generic.prm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev
diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/genericdvd.prm b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/genericdvd.prm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5d27316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/genericdvd.prm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev rd.cmdline=ask
diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/redhat.exec b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/redhat.exec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1e5931a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/config_files/s390/redhat.exec
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* */
+'CL RDR'
+'PURGE RDR ALL'
+'SPOOL PUNCH * RDR'
+'PUNCH KERNEL IMG A (NOH'
+'PUNCH GENERIC PRM A (NOH'
+'PUNCH INITRD IMG A (NOH'
+'CH RDR ALL KEEP NOHOLD'
+'I 00C'
diff --git a/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py b/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
index 42f5435b..87fb6f52 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("pylorax.ltmpl")
 import os, re, glob, shlex, fnmatch
 from os.path import basename, isdir
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError
+import shutil
 
 from pylorax.sysutils import joinpaths, cpfile, mvfile, replace, remove
 from pylorax.dnfhelper import LoraxDownloadCallback, LoraxRpmCallback
@@ -269,7 +270,10 @@ class LoraxTemplateRunner(object):
             install /usr/share/myconfig/grub.conf.in /boot/grub.conf
         '''
         for src in rglob(self._in(srcglob), fatal=True):
-            cpfile(src, self._out(dest))
+            try:
+                cpfile(src, self._out(dest))
+            except shutil.Error as e:
+                logger.error(e)
 
     def installimg(self, *args):
         '''
@@ -424,7 +428,10 @@ class LoraxTemplateRunner(object):
           If DEST doesn't exist, SRC will be copied to a file with
           that name, if the path leading to it exists.
         '''
-        cpfile(self._out(src), self._out(dest))
+        try:
+            cpfile(self._out(src), self._out(dest))
+        except shutil.Error as e:
+            logger.error(e)
 
     def move(self, src, dest):
         '''