Installing Linux in an LPAR without VM is like installing Linux on a bare Intel box with no DVD drive and no local disks...
Lee Stewart ● VM System Support ● Visa ● Phone: 6(750)4601 - +1-303-389-4601 ● [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 9:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Install of SUSE Linux on IBM z LPAR >>> On 2/3/2015 at 11:30 AM, Ed Long <[email protected]> wrote: > So much for easy to use. > No wonder the INTEL dudes are kicking our butts. > Consider how much easier it is to create Linux VM's under XEN or VMWARE. If you want to compare apples to apples, then installing Linux on z/VM is far easier than in an LPAR, and on par with Xen, KVM, or VMware. Installing in an LPAR is fairly easy, once you have access to a network installation server. Most of the problems trying to install in an LPAR stem from the fact that most companies are very careful about what network connections are allowed to/from their mainframes. Since I have that access on my company's zEC12, I can say that installing in an LPAR is a bit of a pain, due to having to work through the operating system messages interface, but not particularly horrible. 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
