On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Alan Altmark <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Friday, 08/09/2013 at 01:19 EDT, John McKown > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm still "lusting" after that SSD in the zEC12. What a neat place to be > > able to put some IPLable image. Of course, that would only be > > machine-specific. Being able to use the HMC could allow all CECs > connected > > to it to IPL from it. Instead of a USB, have a portion of the HMC's hard > > disk "reserved for user files" for IPL et al. > > SSD in the zEC12? Not sure what you're referring to. Maybe > Flash-Express? If so, that isn't SSD; it's flash memory. > Yes. Before it was available, someone posted on IBM-MAIN that it was actually an SSD, not flash. I guess they were wrong. And I know that I'll never see one unless a miracle occurs, so I haven't double checked much. > > I chose the phrase "large-capacity USB drive" because I want them also to > allow disk drives to be plugged in. I don't need (or want, really) to use > IBM space to hold my files. I mean, I won't object or anything, but I > don't think being able to use the HMC HD is actually needed. Convenient, > yes. Needed, no. (And I would exclude it from HMC backup.) > > Alan Altmark > > -- As of next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
