> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Loss of network after 1st boot > > >>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:05 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Johnston, Robert > E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all... I am a Linux newbie trying to install CentOS 4.6 > Linux in a z9 > > LPAR. This is a no money, proof of concept type project. > > Please, don't waste your time trying to do a proof of concept > project with a totally unsupported distribution. Both Novell > and Red Hat offer no-cost evaluations (180 days and 60 days > respectively) and you're far more likely to get real answers > from people on this mailing list. In addition, ask IBM to > lend you an IFL, some more real storage, and a copy of z/VM. > A lot of people who didn't get IBM and the Linux distribution > teams involved wound up failing miserably, because > performance stank for various reasons. (Mainly by trying to > run Linux in the "leftover" capacity of their existing > hardware setup.) > > > Mark Post
>From a post the other day by Brad Hinson, RH now has a 180 day eval as well (instead of 60). Also, the registration is "automatic" so that you register, then immediately download, instead of waiting from somebody to get back to you. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
