>Is anyone out there using the 3270 console support in Linux? Is it sufficient to perform emergency repairs?
Yes, but only for real emergencies. None of the full-screen editors will work (In fact, you'll get in trouble if you try to use vi or THE. You won't be able to do anything and you can't get out), so you REALLY need to be proficient in ed or sed or some other line-mode editor. I also find Rick Laffey's "rpl" command very useful. See http://www.laffeycomputer.com/ and download the tarball. I have a SLES8 s390.rpm for this rpl command (no source or man pages, just binaries). If anyone wants a copy, send me a note offline. "Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, 'Let Newton Be!' and all was light." - Alexander Pope "It did not last; the Devil howling 'Ho! Let Einstein Be!' restored the status quo." - John Collings Squire "God Rolled his dice, to Einstein's great dismay: 'Let Feynman Be!' and all was clear as day." - Jagdish Mehra Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph. D. VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Alan Altmark > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2004 7:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Production readiness of z/Linux > > On Wednesday, 04/07/2004 at 10:57 AST, Eric Sammons > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The first issue is vt100 support from a VM console session. > > The Holy Grail. I think I have a design for it. If you could telnet > and/or ssh to VM on the "vt100" port, such that you weren't talking to the > virtual console, but directly to Linux, would that be acceptable? > > Is anyone out there using the 3270 console support in Linux? Is it > sufficient to perform emergency repairs? > > > The second primary issue is the lack of a syslinux or the ability to > boot > > into single user mode. > > Rob already mentioned the use of LOADPARMs or PARM. > > Alan Altmark > Sr. Software Engineer > IBM z/VM Development > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
