On Monday, 09/25/2006 at 08:28 ZE2, Kris Buelens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SYSC is a linemode console, exists since a long time; SYSG is relatively > new (since z/VM 4.4?). Both are unrelated to ASCII, as far as I know. But > as I have no Linux experience, I don't know if anything prohibits the use > of SYSG and an ASCII console. Maybe the ASCII console is only useful if > you run Linux directy in an LPAR, not under z/VM. While writing this, I > think that is indeed the case, i.e. z/VM doesn't do anything with the > integrated ASCII console.
As you surmise, the integrated VT220 ASCII console is usable by Linux only when running in an LPAR. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
