> > mainframe version of RedHat 8 + Redhat 9 + AS 3.0 running > > under Hercules > > (running either under Windows or Linux for Intel) > > > > 1 - Do they run under Hercules ?
RH 8 and 9 were never released for 390 or zSeries -- RH skipped from 7.2 to AS2.1 (limited availability) and AS3 for the mainframe. The versions they did release for the mainframe do run under Hercules, but be prepared to put a fairly beefy machine underneath them if you plan to do any serious work with it. A 33 MIP emulated 390 is NOT a lot of horsepower (on a 2.8Ghz P4). If you plan on doing a lot of testing work, consider renting time on someone's machine to do it rather than the Hercules route. It'll save you the setup, and there are several organizations that offer time on z/990 CPUs, which you *will* want if you're doing compiles and such, or at least something with more than 100 MIPS of 390 horsepower. Kernel builds take *eons* under Hercules. > > 2 - How do I obtain them ? Any idea about the costs ? If the > > company is a > > PartnerWold Developer , does it change something ? > > You can get them from RedHat or from a VAR such as Sine Nomine > Associates at http://sinenomine.net/ . I know nothing about PWD other > than it exists. You'd need to ask someone at the vendor. I know that > some of the SNA people monitor this list, so they will likely speak up > to these questions. Thanks for the plug, John. The beer and cinnamon rolls are in the mail...8-) Actually, we don't market Red Hat at SNA (or actually, any company's products -- SNA is our research and support division, and selling product would compromise our vendor-neutral R&D policy), other than supplemental support to augment and/or replace what RH provides. You'll need to talk to Sine Anima Associates (our shameless commerce division) for anything involving product sales. We keep the Chinese wall pretty high between the two organizations. Relevant to the question, you'll have to go directly to RH or a RH reseller to get a distribution (if you can find one that knows what a mainframe is, and isn't actively trying to convince you to move to Intel....8-(). Sine Anima has not been successful in getting reseller status for RH products. Ask me offline what I think of their reseller registration "process". At least Novell/SuSE return phone calls and follow up on questions (if prodded hard enough)...8-( The main advantage to PWD membership for Linux users and developers is that you have reasonably easy access to a z/VM license, so when you do manage to get a Linux distribution license, you can run the distribution in virtual machines. It doesn't help you with Linux licensing costs at this point. > > 3 - Any approximation how long does it take to set such > > configuration up and > > running ? I think John's estimates are pretty accurate. It depends a lot on how much Linux expertise you have. See above for suggestion wrt to renting access to a system; then you can concentrate on the product testing, not the sysadmin stuff. -- 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
