Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
Does this list deal at all with SUSE on S390? I'm trying to install SUSE S390 over the Hercules S390 emulator and am having a problem. Paul -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
Maybe. Can't hurt to ask so, ask away. I have successfully installed SLES-10-RC3 on Hercules/390 running on an AMD Athlon64 running SLES 10.1 at home. As my college Russian teacher used to say: Easy! Easy! (she was a native Russian trying to teach Texans, poor lady!) Thanks. I get all the way

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
The only question that comes to my mind is whether you told the installed to do a dasdfmt of the volume in question? The Hercules dasdinit is not sufficient (even though required) because it does not format the tracks into 4K records that z/Linux requires. Why msdos indeed? What filesystem

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
What version of SUSE is this, by the way? That might be helpful. SUSE 10.0 RC4 Paul -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
The only question that comes to my mind is whether you told the installed to do a dasdfmt of the volume in question? The Hercules dasdinit is not sufficient (even though required) because it does not format the tracks into 4K records that z/Linux requires. Why msdos indeed? What filesystem

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
I know that I succeeded with SLES-10-RC3 installation and I did, indeed, tell it to do a dasdfmt on the installation. And then I went to bed for the night. My Athlon64 3800+ gets about 25 emulated MIPS under Hercules. Do you recall if you had to lay out the partitions yourself? The installer

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
I know that I succeeded with SLES-10-RC3 installation and I did, indeed, tell it to do a dasdfmt on the installation. And then I went to bed for the night. My Athlon64 3800+ gets about 25 emulated MIPS under Hercules. Hmm when I choose dasdfmt in the partition screen, I get the hourglass for a

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
I only use 3390-3 emulated DASD on Hercules. Who knows, some day I might actually be able to get a z/Linux system on my work zSeries machine. It would be nice to just backup my Hercules disk images in some manner which would allow them to be restored on real zSeries DASD and IPL'ed. Again, I'm

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-28 Thread Paul Dembry
I only use 3390-3 emulated DASD on Hercules. Who knows, some day I might actually be able to get a z/Linux system on my work zSeries machine. It would be nice to just backup my Hercules disk images in some manner which would allow them to be restored on real zSeries DASD and IPL'ed. Well using

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-09-29 Thread Paul Dembry
OK. I'm not sure if this will help but I ran into a problem installing SUSE 9 under zVM 5.1. Could not get the dasd to partition. Or it seemed to partition but couldn't use it, it's been a while. Anyway, the way I got around it was to format the disks in CMS first, then start the install. The

Re: Suse S390 help?

2006-10-04 Thread Paul Dembry
Thanks guys it works now. Lessons from the experience: 1. Just because you can get stuff from the Novell FTP server doesn't mean that you should. Use the publically available downloads. 2. Give your Hercules machine at least 512 MB, preferably 1GB. I was initially using a 256MB machine and it was

Reiser mess

2006-10-04 Thread Paul Dembry
I hadn't made the connection with the missing Nina Reiser, ex-husband named Hans Reiser, who has been in the news here lately, until I read some of the comments there. She's the mother of 2 young children who went missing in Berkeley one afternoon a few weeks ago.

Re: from a local linux discussion group: Hans Reiser arrested for murdering his wife.

2006-10-11 Thread Paul Dembry
Very sad for the children. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/471 - Release Date: 10/10/2006 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: from a local linux discussion group: Hans Reiser arrested for murdering his wife.

2006-10-11 Thread Paul Dembry
Is this the guy that developed the Reisner file system for Linux? Yes. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/471 - Release Date: 10/10/2006 -- For

Suse S390 on Hercules disk activity

2006-10-17 Thread Paul Dembry
My installation is SUSE 10 running on the Hercules S/390 emulator running on RedHat. It all runs fine (rather slowly but it runs). I notice two things. First even at idle, the CPU is burning through about a million instrutions/sec. Also it's constantly beating the emulated dasds. Does anyone else

Re: Suse S390 on Hercules disk activity

2006-10-18 Thread Paul Dembry
Hi Rob, I trust you already set /proc/sys/kernel/hz_timer to 0 to avoid the 100 Hz timer tick? I have now, thanks. That dropped the activity a bit. Regards, Paul -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/480 - Release

Re: Yast2 - Cannot read package data from installation media

2006-12-05 Thread Paul Dembry
I'm trying to use Yast to migrate from Sles9 to Sles10. I have downloaded the thre CD:s from Novell: SLES-10-CD-s390x-GMC-CD1.iso SLES-10-CD-s390x-GMC-CD2.iso SLES-10-CD-s390x-GMC-CD3.iso I got this error in Yast: Cannot read package data from installation media. Media error? *

Re: SLES 9 using SLES 7 as an installation server

2006-12-15 Thread Paul Dembry
I will search the archives for your prior HTTP comments but the install doesn't give an option for HTTP only NFS SAMBA and FTP. It's late and Friday I guess this will have to wait till Monday. So it's not just me who only sees these three options. Is there some magic to make the HTTP option

SLES9/Hercules installation clue!

2006-12-16 Thread Paul Dembry
In these SLES9 from SLES7 installation and SLES10 upgrade from SLES9 discussions, there is an excellent clue! Look at the /var/log/YaST2/y2log file, it is loaded with helpful information. I discovered why I could not install SLES9 while SLES10 was a breeze. Same Hercules installation, etc... I

Re: Oracle 10g install problem

2006-12-19 Thread Paul Dembry
Has anyone installed Oracle 10g on zSeries SLES 9 SP3 64-bit and solved this error? (Hoping someone has a fix while we wait for Oracle to respond to question) I've never made it through the installation on either SLES 9 or 10 :-( Regards, Paul

Re: SLES9 s390x problems installing SP3?

2007-01-11 Thread Paul Dembry
I'm trying to install SP3 onto a default install of 64-bit SLES9 s390x; using yast2 and selecting Patch CD Update it finds the CD1 patches but refuses to find the CD2 directory: media not found (CD2's directory path is same as CD1's except that last digit is 2 in CD2 9as it should be; and the

Re: The quantum computer comes of age

2007-02-06 Thread Paul Dembry
Not likely. The Dwave machine is based on setting up the state machines (the equivalent of programming the thing) and then cooling the equipment to cryogenic temperatures. It doesn't' function at all at room temperature, and it's really hard to change the keys. 8-) Well that's similar to what

Re: The quantum computer comes of age

2007-02-06 Thread Paul Dembry
Noah: RiiIIIiiight. Lord, what's a qubit? Lord: Hmm, I used to know this...(mumbles to himself Couldn't resist; all thorough this I just keep hearing Bill Cosby in the background. Standard digital computer are binary: one or zero. To represent 1024 values takes 10 bits. QUantum BITs can have

Re: Dropping off...

2007-05-10 Thread Paul Dembry
It's been fun and I wish I'd had *real* (or even virtual) experience w/ S/390s or zSeries and Linux. You can always install Hercules and Suse/390. Paul -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Hercules 3.05 announcement

2007-06-29 Thread Paul Dembry
I built 3.05 on SUSE 10.2 x64. Running Suse s390x, my compile test went from 7+ hours to just under 3 hours. Well done! Paul -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

JDBC/ODBC ADABAS drivers

2007-07-03 Thread Paul Dembry
I would like to know if Software AG does offer a JDBC driver. A ODBC driver would be nice also. The last time I checked they didn't offer either. Adabas is not relational, so it has been a little tricky for them to handle SQL. I believe this was the point of the CONNX solution? We have

Re: Download SLES

2009-02-24 Thread Paul Dembry
We don't have an account. Create one, it's free... Paul -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit

Re: zSeries OS licenses, Was: Re: ch-0.0.0e21 (TX in ch_action_txretry): Busy

2009-11-10 Thread Paul Dembry
Is there any significance to the fact that the company's name is ITC, which was the name I remember on the Muppet's Show and movies? /humor LOL! Space 1999. Ah, a fond old memory dredged up from the dark corners of my aging brain. And Thunderbirds as well. Thanks! Paul

Suse, Linux for Z

2009-11-29 Thread Paul Dembry
I have a simple question. If I build an application on Suse on s/390, will it run on IBM's z/Linux? It's all Posix code. Thanks, Paul -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Suse, Linux for Z

2009-11-29 Thread Paul Dembry
There is no IBM Linux for System z (or any other platform for that matter). Commercially, there is either Novell's SUSE Linux (SUSE Linux Enterprise) or RedHat (Redhat Enterprise Linux). Perfect, thanks. Paul -- For LINUX-390

Re: strange performance issue

2009-12-21 Thread Paul Dembry
I have a strange question from customer. They claim, their C/C++ application performs purely when running as non-root. Under root it performs well. I have no other info ! Not even what exactly is the nature of application, I know they use threads there and message queuing (not MQ, but built-in).

Re: Used MP3000

2010-01-15 Thread Paul Dembry
I once had a tiny S/390 -- I forget the name of it, it had a couple P/390. We still have one. Paul -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO

Re: excellent explanation of cloud computing....

2011-09-14 Thread Paul Dembry
Reminds me of the old days when I used a teletype and telephone modem, although back then I had a paper tape backup for my programs. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Too true to be funny - 51% of the surveyed Americans think that stormy weather can interfere with the functionality of the cloud.

2012-08-30 Thread Paul Dembry
A few years ago, my father asked me about cloud computing. I told him that it was the same as the old days when we used teletypes and 110 baud rubber cup modems. The equipment is smaller, lighter, and quieter but the concept is the same. Paul

Re: Documentation for Linux on System z, up to kernel 3.7, on developerWorks

2012-12-20 Thread Paul Dembry
I’m getting 404 on the development_documentation.html and development_docu_rollback.html Somehow the URL in the email is getting chopped after the word development. Use copy/paste to get it to show up. Paul -- For LINUX-390

Re: Sending a signal along with associated data.

2013-01-28 Thread Paul Dembry
As an aside, does anybody use UNIX message queues any more? I can find some information on them via Google, but I'm not aware of any actual application on my Linux system which uses them. Assume for the nonce that I am only speaking of IPC within a given system. Our VORTEXAccelerator product

Re: DB2 db2start command for Linux on System z

2014-07-06 Thread Paul Dembry
db2 select \* staff db2 select \* from staff -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit

Re: Retiring

2015-02-26 Thread Paul Dembry
What will you do with all of your spare time? :-) Paul -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit

Re: Getting kernel.img and initrd.img for RHEl 7.1

2015-09-30 Thread Paul Dembry
Should be under the images directory of the ISO file. Paul -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Chu, Raymond Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 5:28 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Getting kernel.img and initrd.img for RHEl 7.1

Re: Curious about crash.

2015-12-16 Thread Paul Dembry
[AA] A gamma ray collided with a 1 and knocked it over, turning it into a 0. That's the only explanation I can think of. I used to think it was sunspots or coronal mass ejections, but I've moved on. [PD] Never ignore that possibilty, it reminds me of a problem that Sun Microsystems had in the

Re: How many shops... ?

2016-03-18 Thread Paul Dembry
>and aren¹t willing to invest in a Z system at all simply to test their product. Hercules. > * ARM (your smart phone), not necessarily Android RaspberryPi > * PPC (IBM RS/6000 or even older Apple servers) qemu runs 32 bit Debian Regards, Paul

Re: Query for Destination z article: mistakes -- teachable/learnable moments

2016-07-13 Thread Paul Dembry
If you do not make any mistakes, then you are not trying hard enough. Good judgment comes from living through the consequences of your poor judgment. If I knew then what I know now, I would not know what I know now. -- For

Re: Moving on

2017-02-09 Thread Paul Dembry
Create a gmail account and ask Baldor's IT to auto-forward your emails for a couple of months? -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Foster Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 11:57 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Moving on I

Re: Having trouble getting started.

2017-03-03 Thread Paul Dembry
> I'm trying to build/create a new ISO from my SLES12SP2 distro, and have two new RPMs to replace existing ones...but I can't seem to find out how to make a bootable ISO. My stab at this is: 1. Mount the DVD on some other machine (On *nix, use the -o loop option) 2. Copy the contents to a

Re: Upgrade sles 12sp4 - sles 15

2019-03-18 Thread Paul Dembry
> Any progress is good progress. Unless you are a lemming :-) Paul -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 10:11 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Upgrade sles 12sp4 - sles 15 Thank you,