> I've always thought that on LPARs one has to deal in real DASD, printers > etc.
If you look at it from the perspective of the OS in the Hercules instance, you are. > With Herc under Linux, one has all the tools Linux provides at one's > disposal to clone Hercules/Linux systems. And there are various > copy-on-write/shadow facilities available so one can now, I think, share > ro filesystems. True. If one assumes that you start with substantial Linux expertise, then the argument can be made that this would work about as well as adding VM into the mix. For most of the people that this would be important to, I think that's an optimistic assumption. > I don't expect one could run up Adam's 40000 virtual Linuxes That's me, actually. I just pay Adam. 8-) > but I'd > expect one to get more than two or three. Yes. You've moved the complexity to the Linux hosting the Hercules instance. Depends on where you're more comfortable working, I guess. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
