>>> On 2/5/2015 at 10:33 PM, Scott Rohling <[email protected]> wrote: > I find that the Linux install under z/VM on a new z has the same issue ... > you need an existing install server (not on the z) to do an install of > the DVD image or install directories. Once you have one built you can > turn it into your new install server -- but until then you're stuck trying > to network to an external (from the z) server. Or... am I hopelessly > behind and not aware of current solutions? (happens more and more often as > I approach senility) A Linux minidisk image (PIPEDDR, whatever) setup as > an install server would be great -- but are the distributors willing to > provide this?
For z/VM there's the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Starter System. It's been available for the last seven (7) years: https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=l5_UjT5Nvmk~ > I guess I'm asking: is there a distributor solution for bare hardware > that doesn't require network access to some other box? My impression is > no.. This is an entirely different question. For "bare metal"/LPAR installs, no. At least not yet. If that HMC DVD driver doesn't appear soon, I've got an idea that I believe will work. 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/
