The real card reader could be ATTACHed to a virtual machine or can be used to IPL a system native.
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 15:39, Adam Thornton wrote: > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 19:44, David Boyes wrote: > > > I remember IPL'ing an IBM 1130 via cards. Just one hand full. The Suse > > > Linux 8.1 starter system is over 20,000 cards (2 cases, 5 boxes per > > > case). If you actually had the entire system on cards, could you ever, > > > actually, IPL? > > > > I have one customer who still has a real 2540 and more cards than they can > > ever use. I'll ask them if I can use it to give it a try. > > ISTR that it does not IPL from a real deck, but it would be cool to be > proven wrong. -- Rich Smrcina Sr. Systems Engineer Sytek Services - A Division of DSG Milwaukee, WI rsmrcina at wi.rr.com rsmrcina at dsgroup.com Catch the WAVV! Stay for requirements and the free-for-all. Update your zSeries skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2004 in Chattanooga, TN April 30-May 4, 2004 For details see http://www.wavv.org
