[snip] > > The other point I'd like to make here is that it's not just > "the initial load" that would be slow on a z9 or older box. > The z/VM system doesn't actually get installed to DASD with > z/VM 5.3 EE. It loads everything from the DVD-RAM into > storage, and executes from there. If you shut down the > system, and re-IPL it, you get to wait again. For people > with pre-z10 hardware, it really would be better to just an > evaluation copy of z/VM 5.3. > > > Mark Post
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