Actually, I did do a VM install to get a running RHEL 7 system they could play with. However, the project they are working on involves adapting software that currently runs in an appliance to be installed into an LPAR. Its been tough because these guys have next to no Linux skills at all. So, besides giving them a running RHEL 7 system to play with, myself and a colleague have been trying to educate them on how LPARs and HMCs work in general.
Ultimately, they are going to need to develop their own installer that won't have to depend on an outside source for Linux. But, since they don't understand how to do a traditional install, we were starting with that. I think the light is finallying beginning to dawn on them that a z doesn't work like an Intel pizza box. ....sigh... Well, at least I have learned more about RHEL than I knew before. Just wish I didn't have so many other projects going on that this is delaying. Martha On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:40:15 -0400 Rick Troth said: >On 09/15/2015 03:38 PM, Martha McConaghy wrote: >> We've got some folks from outside the school working on a project in our >> lab. They want to do an RHEL 7 LPAR install, ... > >Forgive me if I'm harping on the wrong point. I really just want to see >all parties happy. > >Do they need to perform an LPAR installation or do they simply need the >result in LPAR? >If the latter, then clearly using VM for the install step makes more sense. >(Not to say successful execution of LPAR mode install isn't interesting.) > >Call it "V to P". Works. > >-- R; <>< > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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/
