On Tuesday 28 January 2003 08:29, you wrote: > Hi all, im downloading Redhat 7.1, but now im not sure about the 64 or 31 > bits, im downloading it from: > ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/en/os/s390x/, in the 7.2 directory i > only found s390, and looking at the mirror list > (http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html) i see that the directory is > /8.0/en/os/s390/, so, s390 is 31 bits and s390x is 64 bits?, 7.1 is the > latest release for 64 bits and 8.0 for 31 bits? > > i only want to install redhat in our new z800 :( > > Thanks.
I can't speak for redhat's directory nameing convention but your right about s390 and s390x as far as the Linux architecture is concerned. I suppose that nothing binds redhat to use this convention on their site but they have always maintained a pretty high level of detail in the past. You might consider posting this question to them. Steve
