On 2/20/07, Stephen Frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The point he was trying to make is that a lot of people think that it is true.
Ok, this is probably about "half full" vs "half empty" glasses...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Life with Linux ended up less ideal, for various reasons (mostly >> political, imho). We now find that z/VM reveals way to much details >> about the real system to the guest, and Linux code deals with those >> details as if it were running on bare metal. And everyone thinks that >> it is normal that you would need to upgrade all your Linux virtual >> machines just because you moved their mini disks from one DASD >> subsystem to the other. > > The above is not true. I migrated Suse 7, Suse8 and Suse 9 images that > were on minidisks residing on a combination of MP3000 Internal Dasd and > Ramac Dasd Subsystem to DS6800. 3390 minidisks to 3390 minidisks. > Linux didn't know or cared a thing about it.
I am happy to see that it worked for Tom. And that's how it should be. What bothers me is that it does not always work like that. Linux does know about the difference (because such intimate details are passed along in RDC for example) and I recall cases where Linux fixes were required when you moved your mini disks from one type of ESS to the next. And IMHO that is *not* how it should be. 3390 is 3390 and let VM handle any subtleties where needed. Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
