Is it also possible to do initial install of LINUX on separate LPAR using CD on HMC, if so any info is much appreciated.
tks - Rob On Wed, 26 May 2004 07:30:20 -0400 David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 09:34:45AM +0200, Ceruti, Gerard G wrote: > > > Has anyone done a LPAR install on zSeries and then migrated to a > zVM > > infrastructure ?, any ideas on this ?. > > Yes. It works, albeit it wastes a lot of disk space and time. When > you > get the VM system and define the userid for the guest, ATTACH the > disks you used to that id using DEDICATE in the directory entry and > use the same physical addresses as you had in the LPAR. It should IPL > fine. > > That said, I'd wait for VM unless it's really easy for you to get to > the HMC. If you're new at Linux, you'll have some false starts, and > it > can get kind of frustrating if you have to back up and restart or try > something different and you have to call down and get a LPAR > restarted. It's a LOT easier to play with new stuff under VM. > > -- db > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ========================================================== Robert Kippers Software Analyst Computing & Information Services McMaster University, 1280 Main ST. West Hamilton Ontario,L8S 4L8 Gilmour Hall, Room 302 |Ph. 905 525-9140 ext. 23866 ========================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
