diff --git a/share/config_files/s390/generic.ins b/share/config_files/s390/generic.ins
index a690f2e0..756d2ff4 100644
--- a/share/config_files/s390/generic.ins
+++ b/share/config_files/s390/generic.ins
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 * minimal lpar ins file
 images/kernel.img 0x00000000
 images/initrd.img @INITRD_LOAD_ADDRESS@
-images/generic.prm 0x00010480
+images/genericdvd.prm 0x00010480
 images/initrd.addrsize 0x00010408
diff --git a/share/config_files/s390/genericdvd.prm b/share/config_files/s390/genericdvd.prm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5d27316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/config_files/s390/genericdvd.prm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev rd.cmdline=ask
diff --git a/share/s390.tmpl b/share/s390.tmpl
index 0da951f2..fa712fd7 100644
--- a/share/s390.tmpl
+++ b/share/s390.tmpl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ treeinfo stage2 mainimage images/${runtime_base}
 ## install bootloader (such as it is) and bootloader config
 install ${configdir}/redhat.exec ${BOOTDIR}
 install ${configdir}/generic.prm ${BOOTDIR}
+install ${configdir}/genericdvd.prm ${BOOTDIR}
 install ${configdir}/generic.ins .
 
 ## configure bootloader
@@ -35,4 +36,5 @@ createaddrsize ${INITRD_ADDRESS} ${outroot}/${BOOTDIR}/initrd.img ${outroot}/${B
 ## s390 also has some special treeinfo data
 treeinfo images-${basearch} initrd.addrsize ${BOOTDIR}/initrd.addrsize
 treeinfo images-${basearch} generic.prm ${BOOTDIR}/generic.prm
+treeinfo images-${basearch} genericdvd.prm ${BOOTDIR}/genericdvd.prm
 treeinfo images-${basearch} generic.ins generic.ins