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2005-01-27 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greetings; (Posted to VMESA-L and VSE-L and LINUX-390) - - Now in its sixth year! - - Includes VSE and linux/390! I have set up a public service web page at http://www.eskimo.com/~wix/vm/ for posting positions available and wanted for VM, VSE and linux/390. Please visit the web

MAJOR announcement concerning Loriaux.com (home page for mainframers)

2005-01-27 Thread Eric Loriaux
Note: Sorry if you've received this message from another mailing list already. Dear friends, First of all, for those of you who don't know me yet, my site is built as a starting point for S/390 (z/OS, OS/390, MVS, VSE, VM) system-programmers, application programmers and operators on the

Re: appropriate value of LOAD AVERAGE

2005-01-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:35:59 +0900, Tomoyuki Yatsunami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought so, too. However somewhat this value is around 12 on the client's system. I read that when you submit a vmstat command, then [cpu us] value sometimes could contain other Linux Guest OS's operation, so

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ismael, I did have to change one little thing: blanked out the \t from the files yast/instorder; yast/order. Yup, got it. Thanks. I was able to successfully install a base SLES9 on z/VM . Great! Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061

Re: Debian Sarge on 7060 H30 LPAR

2005-01-27 Thread Richard Pinion
I'll give that a try, thanks! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/26/05 05:20PM On Jan 26, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Richard Pinion wrote: Yes, I think it is finding the card because it asks me to verify the CTC devices addresses of B30-B31. I am unable to perform any actions from the console because of the

Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Paul Hyatt
Hello All, The results of the unofficial polling regarding SUSE vs RedHat are as follows : 75% SUSE 6.25 % RedHat 18.75 % Debian Please bear in mind that in tallying the results, I only counted zSeries installations. Regards, Paul Paul A. Hyatt Sr. Systems Programmer

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Ferguson, Neale
How many responses? -Original Message- The results of the unofficial polling regarding SUSE vs RedHat are as follows : 75% SUSE 6.25 % RedHat 18.75 % Debian -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff /

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 27, 2005, at 9:19 AM, Ferguson, Neale wrote: How many responses? Based on the breakdown I'm guessing 16. Which gives us 12 SuSE, 3 Debian, and one RH. Adam -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Any caveats moving root filesystem to LVM?

2005-01-27 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 21, 2005, at 3:40 PM, David Boyes wrote: What I use is: 1) / as ext2 or ext3 (depending on distribution and platform -- usually ext2 on zSeries) 2) all other filesystems as ext3 3) if a file system needs to be bigger than a physical volume, then use LVM and create ext3 filesystems on the

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Post, Mark K
Rats. I thought Slack/390 would show up on there somewhere. :( Sigh. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Hyatt Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:17 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Poll Results Hello All,

Re: Having 1 linux kernel

2005-01-27 Thread Dave Jones
There have been some very good ideas posted here on the hows and whys of having a shared Linux kernel. Some caveats, however: 1) the example Rexx code to create and save a Linux kernel in a NSS only works for 2.4.x level kernels, in 31-bit mode. It does not work with the newer 2.6.x level kernels

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Richard Pinion
Hey I'm using it! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/27/05 11:12AM Rats. I thought Slack/390 would show up on there somewhere. :( Sigh. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Hyatt Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:17 AM To:

Re: Having 1 linux kernel

2005-01-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:17:27 -0600, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux needs the ability to save itself into a NSS the same way CMS and GCS know how to save themselves (i.e., IPL 190 CLEAR PARM SAVESYS CMS...) I think that there's an effort underway inside IBM do add this Be specific

Re: appropriate value of LOAD AVERAGE

2005-01-27 Thread Fargusson.Alan
An uptime of 1 to 2 indicates that you have something running in a loop. You (Bshould use the Linux top command, or the ps command, to find it. (B (B-Original Message- (BFrom: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tomoyuki Yatsunami (BSent: Wednesday, January 26,

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Paul Hyatt
Very good ! -Paul -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:28 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poll Results On Jan 27, 2005, at 9:19 AM, Ferguson, Neale wrote: How many responses?

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Paul Hyatt
Nope - nothing fell into the other bucket -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:13 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poll Results Rats. I thought Slack/390 would show up on there

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Seader, Cameron
I run SuSE -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Hyatt Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:44 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poll Results Nope - nothing fell into the other bucket -Original Message- From: Linux on 390

Re-label a disk

2005-01-27 Thread Dave Czajkowski
Cloning question. Can I change the label on a CDL formatted disk? Are there any implications to eck3, reiser, swap or lvm? Is there a Linux tool I should use or can I get by with a ickdsf cpvol label command? -- For LINUX-390

EVMS question for FCP device

2005-01-27 Thread Wiggins, Mark
I've been trying to get a multipath FCP device attach to my SLES9 instance on z/VM 5.1. I feel as though I've followed the directions (Redbook 6344 - Chap. 9, Multipath FCP on SuSE SLES9) but I end up getting either a broken pipe error when trying to mount it from EVMSGUI and I get wrong fs type,

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Noll, Ralph
So is there just not that many people on the list or not that many running linux on 390??? Ralph -Original Message- From: Paul Hyatt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:43 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poll Results Very good ! -Paul

Re: EVMS question for FCP device

2005-01-27 Thread Ledbetter, Scott E
This probably won't make you feel much better, but I messed with exactly the same thing off and on for about a week, and finally gave up. I saw identical symptoms. I'm hoping SP1 fixes it, too. If it doesn't, I'll have to dig deeper. Scott Ledbetter StorageTek -Original Message- From:

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
I'd guess there's lots of people on the list, and lots of people running Linux on S/390, but not many responded to the poll. I know I didn't. The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. --Alvin Toffler Gordon

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Tom Shilson
Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 01/27/2005 12:44:47 PM: So is there just not that many people on the list or not that many running linux on 390??? Ralph Or not that many responded to the survey? tom - - - - - - - - - - - - Toto, I have a feeling we're not in the mainframe

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I am getting ready to attempt to install SLES9 under z/VM as well. The procedure mentioned in http://mikemacisaac.com/configureNFS.pdf describes a script called mksles9root. Does anyone have this in electronic format that I can download? Also, the statement I did have to change one little thing:

Re: Re-label a disk

2005-01-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:16:18 -0700, Dave Czajkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cloning question. Can I change the label on a CDL formatted disk? Are there any implications to eck3, reiser, swap or lvm? Is there a Linux tool I should use or can I get by with a ickdsf cpvol label command? So

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 27, 2005, at 12:44 PM, Noll, Ralph wrote: So is there just not that many people on the list or not that many running linux on 390??? Well, both. A lot of the people on the list that I know run L/390 didn't answer; I know there are more than 16 sites here. But in terms of absolute numbers,

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Post, Mark K
http://linuxvm.org/info/subs.html 1,514 at last count (1/1/2005). Not very many people ever respond to polls. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noll, Ralph Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:45 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, I put it up on http://mikemacisaac.com/mksles9root I replaced the \t with two spaces in two places in mk_symbolic_links function as suggested by Ismael. I'll be honest - I haven't tested the change (I will eventually get to that), but somehow I get the feeling it will work either way.

Re: EVMS question for FCP device

2005-01-27 Thread Robert J Brenneman
Try mounting /dev/evms/md/md0 with the barrier option turned off. for reiser like this: mount /dev/evms/md/md0 /somewhere -o barrier=none for ext3 like this: mount /dev/evms/md/md0 /somewhere -o barrier=0 Jay Brenneman Linux Test and Integration Center T/L: 295 - 7745 Extern: 845 - 435

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Steven C Peckham
Well, he only asked for SuSE and RH on Z boxes ... so since I am a Debian user on a G6, I did not qualify to be able respond. Wolfe, Gordon W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/27/2005 01:46 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To:

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Ifurung, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter, I literally cut paste Mike's script from the PDF file; I run the script; attempted an install and got an error -- I forgot the message. I looked at those files and the \t wasn't translated to a tab. Edited those files and it all worked. Good luck. Ismael -Original Message-

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 27, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Steven C Peckham wrote: Well, he only asked for SuSE and RH on Z boxes ... so since I am a Debian user on a G6, I did not qualify to be able respond. So that's the answer for Mark Post: there probably are Slackware users, it's just that they're better behaved than

Re: [Possible Spam] Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Ward, Garry
Maybe he should rephrase the question and ask it again. Maybe something like anyone who is using any Linux variant on any platform that also supports the s/390 instruction set? -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Thursday,

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Crispin Hugo
Must have missed this. We run Redhat and Suse on zseries. Well at least we try. This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 plc internal virus protection

Re: EVMS question for FCP device

2005-01-27 Thread Wiggins, Mark
Thank you, that worked. I saw that reply earlier but when I searched the logs I couldn't find it. This would also suggest that this is fixed with SP1 then. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert J Brenneman Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005

SLES 9 and raw devices

2005-01-27 Thread Betsie Spann
Hi I'm trying to find out if anyone has successfully accessed raw devices in SLES9. We're on kernel 2.6.5-7.139 (SP1). The error I get is Cannot open master raw device '/dev/rawctl /etc/modprobe.conf has the entry 'alias char-major-162 raw' Betsie

Re: Poll Results

2005-01-27 Thread Aristarc Diez Redorta
We're running SUSE both in z890 and G6. . ..: : : : Aristarc Diez   : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : : Tecnico de Sistemas : Tel.: +34.93.2536100: : : COSTAISA:

Re: Re-label a disk

2005-01-27 Thread Volker Sameske
Sure you can: # dasdview -j /dev/dasdb LINUX1 # fdasd /dev/dasdb ... Command action ... v change volume serial ... Command (m for help): v Please specify the new volume serial (6 characters). (Press ENTER if you do not want to change it) current: LINUX1 new: test99 volume