>>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 9:59 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > I was just considering what it might take to IPL from > a network server instead. Granted, this would likely only be to IPL > Linux. And I guess something like this could be emulated by booting PXE > compatable software from a DVD on the HMC. I was just thinking that this > might be an interesting way to "bootstrap" a Linux installation > environment.
John, I'm curious as to just what you were thinking about how this would look/work. Just for creating an install server instance? (As David mentioned, a DDR-based install instance is coming down the pike.) Something else besides that? I ask, because there are numerous ways to accomplish booting a Linux instance without it initially having access to any DASD or disks at all. You could even create a way to automate booting from a virtual reader, etc. > Also, I wonder if a "Linux for System z" liveDVD would be > possible. Or does such a thing already exist? That's totally doable. The only limitation is what would go into the initrd, and how much real/virtual storage you would have available to hold it, plus actually run stuff. The main difference between this, and the typical "live" media is that the media itself isn't accessible via the booted OS, so everything would have to be in memory. Depending on what you wanted included on the media, and how much storage you would want to have available after booting, that could add up to a significant chunk of memory. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
