Hi, I read somewhere it very slow to install via HMC, but I might remember wrong. I also should go for SLES11 if I should install a new version.
Cordialement / Vriendelijke Groeten / Best Regards / Med Vänliga Hälsningar Tore Agblad Volvo Information Technology Infrastructure Mainframe Design & Development SE-405 08, Gothenburg Sweden E-mail: [email protected] http://www.volvo.com/volvoit/global/en-gb/ ________________________________________ From: Linux on 390 Port [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Post [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 17:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SuSE install from z/OS >>> On 7/20/2009 at 11:31 AM, Ross Johnson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: > Thanks guys on your responses. > > It looks like we will be going down a different path now with some recently > dicovered information for our install. In my original post I didn't indicate > I'm installing z/VM 5.4 on a z10. The following is from page 111 of the z10 > System Overview, System z10 Enterprise Class, SA22-1084-03: Yeah, that would have made a difference in our recommendations. :) > Installation support for z/VM using the HMC > The System z10 EC allows the installation of Linux on System z in a z/VM 5.4 > virtual machine using the Hardware Management Console (HMC) DVD drive. What this doesn't say is that you have to set up the z/VM FTP server to access the DVD. Linux cannot access it directly for the install. So, you'll still be doing a network install, of sorts. If you do actually go that route, I would be really interested in hearing how long it takes to do a default install. My understanding is that the I/O bandwidth of the DVD on a z10 is much improved over prior generations, but that isn't necessarily saying a lot. I would like to get a feel of actual times from a real install. Your other option is to use the SLES Starter System, available at http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5E7FSKjNTqI~ A number of people have used it with good results. Just out of curiosity, is there a reason you're going with SLES10 SP2, and not SLES11? Depending on what you're planning to do with your Linux guests, there's some really nice improvements in the newer version. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
