http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/sysload.html Will this install on the HMC disk? Then start the Linux on the SCSI SAN?
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:27 PM, Connor Krukosky <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/4/2015 11:26 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: >> >> Your box has a floppy drive? Really? > > The SE does yes. >> >> Just so I'm clear... Your z890 plugs in to your SCSI disk box, but it >> won't >> IPL from it? That is, these are separate features? If I have this right, >> then it should be possible to write a small program that could, at worst, >> be keyed in to storage. This program would then perform the I/O >> instructions to emulate the SCSI IPL. Sort of like the way VM emulates IPL >> in a virtual machine. Well maybe this is just what FC 9904 does... >> > So let me explain how everything is attached: > I have an old HP SCSI hard drive array attached to a SAN Data Gateway model > 2108-G07. > Then I have that go into a SAN switch via SW FCP connection SAN switch is > model 2005-b16. > Finally I have a LW fiber SFP in one of the ports of the SAN switch which > then goes into the mainframe through a FICON-LX module. > The FICON port is configured as an FCP interface in the IOCDS. > > I am not sure how one would go about writing such code as I am so new to all > this but I will say that it sounds feasible... > I just came across this though: > http://linuxvm.org/present/SHARE104/S9259vs.pdf > Which mentions some tools specifically "zipl" which sounds like it may > be-able to help me? > Found it available to download here along with quite a few other tools: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools-overview.html > > I must get to bed now and will be out this weekend, but I will definitely > look into this late next week after my finals at college. > > -Connor K > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
