Velocity Software has, if you contact them I sure they would be willing to ship you one.
> -----Original Message----- > From: McKown, John [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Stupid idea? > > I've seen a number of posts here about installing Linux/390 "from > scratch". > Many people want ISO images. Most vendors seem to supply files, such as > RPMs > and you do an install like you would on a PC (more or less). Why doesn't > some nice distro make a "starter" set of VM minidisks, and back them up > with > DDR or DFDSS and make those files available? Probably wouldn't help the > people installing in LPAR mode, but for those of us who will be running > under z/VM (when it finally gets here), this would be a nice "value added" > feature. I'm not saying for 0 cost, but for a "reasonable" cost. And if it > could be on a 3490E tape, that would be even nicer for us mainframe dinos. > > Also, what are the restrictions on redistributation? Let's say that my > company gets SuSe or RH Linux/390. We install it and customize it. Could > we > then use, as above, some disk backup program to unload the DASD to tape > and > let another installation restore our Linux/390? I know that we couldn't do > that if there were OEM products from, say CA, or Oracle, or IBM on the > tapes. But what about a "Debian" type distributation - i.e. all > free/GNU/GPL'ed software? > > Just an idle thought. And we know what an idle mind is (the devil's > workshop). > > -- > John McKown
