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--- LINUX-390 automatic digest system <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are 6 messages totalling 331 lines in this > issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Where to begin? (6) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:27:04 -0500 > From: Eric Gericke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Where to begin? > > Hi, > > My boss told me that we are going to do a pilot > project using > zLinux. I've only a little OpenSuSE 10.3 > experience from installing > and playing with it at home. I googled doc for > zLinux and z/VM and I > get tons of hits. I just don't know where to > start my reading. Can > anyone point me to docs (IBM preferable) that will > help me to > build the basic knowledge I need to get started. > > Thanks and Merry Christmas, > > Eric > > --=20 > 10 Great Gift Ideas- Take a Look! > http://mail.shopping.com/?linkin_id=3D8033174 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:27:15 -0600 > From: Mark Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Where to begin? > > Eric, > > I would recommend starting at http://linuxvm.org - a > great home-base, so to > speak.. Then Redbooks... > > Mark L. Wheeler > IT Infrastructure, 3M Center B224-4N-20, St Paul MN > 55144 > Tel: (651) 733-4355, Fax: (651) 736-7689 > mlwheeler at mmm.com > > "I have this theory that if one person can go out of > their way to show > compassion then it will start a chain reaction of > the same. People will > never know how far a little kindness can go." Rachel > Joy Scott > > > > > Eric Gericke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > sultant.com> > To > Sent by: Linux on > [email protected] > 390 Port > cc > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IST.EDU> > Subject > Where to > begin? > > 12/14/2007 12:27 > PM > > > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IST.EDU> > > > > > > > Hi, > > My boss told me that we are going to do a pilot > project using > zLinux. I've only a little OpenSuSE 10.3 > experience from installing > and playing with it at home. I googled doc for > zLinux and z/VM and I > get tons of hits. I just don't know where to > start my reading. Can > anyone point me to docs (IBM preferable) that will > help me to > build the basic knowledge I need to get started. > > Thanks and Merry Christmas, > > Eric > > -- > 10 Great Gift Ideas- Take a Look! > http://mail.shopping.com/?linkin_id=8033174 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:40:03 -0600 > From: dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Where to begin? > > Hi, Eric. > > Start with this fittingly named manual: > "Getting Started with Linux on System z" > (http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/HCSX0B20/CCONTENTS?SHELF=hcsh2a90&DN=SC24-6096-02&DT=20070417154723) > from the IBM z/VM Library. > > Good luck. > > DJ > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > > Eric Gericke > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > sultant.com> > > To > > Sent by: Linux on > > [email protected] > > 390 Port > > cc > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IST.EDU> > > Subject > > Where to > begin? > > > > 12/14/2007 12:27 > > PM > > > > > > Please respond to > > Linux on 390 Port > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IST.EDU> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > My boss told me that we are going to do a pilot > project > > using > > zLinux. I've only a little OpenSuSE 10.3 > experience > > from installing > > and playing with it at home. I googled doc for > zLinux > > and z/VM and I > > get tons of hits. I just don't know where to > start my > > reading. Can > > anyone point me to docs (IBM preferable) that > will help > > me to > > build the basic knowledge I need to get started. > > > > Thanks and Merry Christmas, > > > > Eric > > > > -- > > 10 Great Gift Ideas- Take a Look! > > http://mail.shopping.com/?linkin_id=8033174 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:57:20 -0500 > From: Michael MacIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Where to begin? > > Eric, > > > Can anyone point me to docs (IBM preferable) that > will help > > me to build the basic knowledge I need to get > started. > > You might try the Virtualization Cookbooks. The most > recent are for SLES > 10 and for RHEL 5. See the top two entries > http://linuxvm.org/present/ > They were originally written to "jump start" a > zLinux pilot project (they > have been Redbooks in the past and these two > versions may be upated for > z/VM 5.3 into new Redbooks). I will try to answer > any questions. > > There is another good book, "Getting Started With > Linux", which is an IBM > z/VM Publication (See Dave Jones' append for > details). > > "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) > 433-7061 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:31:04 -0600 > From: "Feller, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Where to begin? > > You could try http://linuxvm.org/Present/index.html > > I would start by looking at some of the cookbooks. > > > > Paul=20 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Eric Gericke > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Where to begin? > > Hi, > > My boss told me that we are going to do a pilot > project using > zLinux. I've only a little OpenSuSE 10.3 > experience from installing > and playing with it at home. I googled doc for > zLinux and z/VM and I > get tons of hits. I just don't know where to > start my reading. Can > anyone point me to docs (IBM preferable) that will > help me to > build the basic knowledge I need to get started. > > Thanks and Merry Christmas, > > Eric > > -- > 10 Great Gift Ideas- Take a Look! > http://mail.shopping.com/?linkin_id=3D8033174 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:17:00 -0700 > From: Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Where to begin? > > >>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 1:27 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Eric Gericke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:=20 > > Hi, > >=20 > > My boss told me that we are going to do a pilot > project using > > zLinux. I've only a little OpenSuSE 10.3 > experience from installing > > and playing with it at home. I googled doc for > zLinux and z/VM and I > > get tons of hits. I just don't know where to > start my reading. Can > > anyone point me to docs (IBM preferable) that > will help me to > > build the basic knowledge I need to get started. > > Eric, > > A number of people have pointed you to some good > places. More specifically= > , for understanding what you're doing to need to > understand to get = > started, look at either my Linux Installation > Planning presentation > http://linuxvm.org/Present/SHARE109/S9233mp.pdf or > the article http://www.z= > journal.com/index.cfm?section=3Darticle&aid=3D766 > > That's only going to cover the Linux piece. If > you're not familiar with = > z/VM either, then Mike's Cookbooks will help you get > started there, but = > you should also subscribe to the IBMVM listserve, > which fills the same = > need for z/VM that Linux-390 does for Linux. > > If you're going to try out SLES10 (which I strongly > recommend, aside from = > being a Novell employee), you'll want to download > the SLES10 SP1 Starter = > System to simplify things even more: > http://download.novell.com/Download?bu= > ildid=3DM5V5-w8h2M0~ Be aware that there's one > known bug, and that's in = > the sample CP directory entry. Some of the entries > are not in the order = > CP requires them to be, so validate that against the > z/VM manuals. > > You'll also want to look at the little script I > wrote to generate SLES10 = > AutoYaST control files. This will help you automate > the creation of your = > first test system, with that being a very minimal > system, as opposed to a = > bloated one. You can find that at > http://linuxvm.org/Patches/#autoinst > > Whether you use the Starter System (please, you > won't regret it), or you = > download the SLES10 SP1 DVD image yourself, look in > the /docu/en/ = > directory. You'll find two PDF files in there, > named preparation.pdf and = > startup.pdf. Look through those as well. > > Finally, this mailing list and IBMVM is likely to be > your best resources. = > Both lists are happy to help newcomers, so use them > when you need them. = > Don't bang your head on the wall too long before > asking for help, if it = > comes to that. > > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > End of LINUX-390 Digest - 13 Dec 2007 to 14 Dec 2007 > (#2007-307) > **************************************************************** > Thank you, Bob Molerio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. 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