Hi, With the activities I have seen on this mailing list, I am sure most of you are experts at cloning Linux images/instances on z/VM by now. For some of the new people who just got started with Linux on zSeries/S390, I thought it may be still be helpful to share my tools/experience on cloning Linux under z/VM.
Here we are: I packaged all the execs, cgi, html, files, etc into a package (VMARC file). This package and the install/setup instructions are now available on my home page on the VM Website - http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/chongts. This cloning demo package provides one example of the many ways to clone Linux images using z/VM. A scaled down "LinuxWorld Linux Images Cloning Demo" is used to illustrate the cloning process. The demo that I used at the last LinuxWorld Conference clones Turbolinux 6.5.1, SuSE SLES-7.0 and RedHat 7.2 images. However this example demo clones only SuSE SLES-7.0 images. This demo has two components: Cloning Continuously via CMS and Cloning on Demand via a Website. I am working on this demo package on the side and this is my first draft. I will do my best to provide assistance and answer questions. Please feel free to send your feedback to me. It will be nice to know if this demo package can provide usefully information for you on cloning Linux images. Please read the setup instructions ( http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/chongts/tscdemo.html) before you proceed to experiment with my demo package. Have fun! Chong Tung-Sing Chong Software Engineer zSeries Software Development Endicott, NY T/l : 852-5342 Outside Phone: 607-752-5342 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
