Thanks for supporting this.
Attached is a ZNETBOOT file for Tumbleweed. It IPLs, but I have not been
able to run through actual installation. The content is pretty straight
forward. How does it look from your perspective?
As I send this, I'm remembering that LISTSERV will probably strip the
attachment. [sigh] Might be trying again in about 30 sec.
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On 3/26/20 9:58 AM, Berthold Gunreben wrote:
> Hi,
>
> here is a little information about the openSUSE Tumbleweed effort.
>
> As Mark Post already mentioned, openSUSE Tumbleweed is a rolling
> distribution. This has been started several years ago, but because the
> automatic QA system did not work it has not been released too often.
> You still could it get from the directory Mark mentioned, but that was
> just the state as is without testing.
>
> I have been trying to improve the situation, and thanks to some
> friendly folks at SUSE, openQA is working with this distribution again.
> Find the current results from openQA at
> https://openqa.opensuse.org/group_overview/34?limit_builds=20
>
> You can now get the distribution from the official places:
>
> http://download.opensuse.org/ports/zsystems/tumbleweed/iso/
>
> The online repositories with more packages are found here:
>
> http://download.opensuse.org/ports/zsystems/tumbleweed/repo/oss/
> http://download.opensuse.org/ports/zsystems/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/
>
> Note, that since this is a rolling distribution, updates are typically
> directly integrated in the latest ISO images and repositories.
> Therefore there is no update channel.
>
> As a side effect of this distribution now going through controlled
> channels again, other openSUSE features have been enabled as well. Most
> prominently, you can access a number of containers for s390x from
> https://registry.opensuse.org/
>
> You might want to filter for "^opensuse/factory/zsystems/images"
>
> For me, one of the more important things with these containers is, that
> they are built automatically, and you are free to get all the details
> regarding what software and licences are used as well as the build logs.
> This is not so much a technical issue, but a legal one, and quite
> important for a compliant use.
>
> The purpose of Tumbleweed is to support developments and all the latest
> and greatest features available. This is quite in contrast to "Never
> touch a running system" by doing updates all the time. We have had 11
> Tumbleweed releases now since February, and if you think about using
> this distribution, you should also think about a sustainable qa
> and update concept.
>
> So, if you are kind of adventurous and like to test new developments,
> feel free to go for Tumbleweed on s390x.
>
> Berthold Gunreben
>
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"width holder" because this
is a wide file #
# Name: TUMBLEWEED ZNETBOOT
# Date: 2020-Mar-26 (Thu)
# This is the ZNETBOOT file for OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on z/VM.
# Put this file on your 191 A disk before booting.
#
# where to find the kernel and INITRD ...
ZNETBOOT_KERNEL=http://download.opensuse.org/ports/zsystems/tumbleweed/repo/oss/boot/s390x/linux
ZNETBOOT_INITRD=http://download.opensuse.org/ports/zsystems/tumbleweed/repo/oss/boot/s390x/initrd
#
# sample VM boot parameters
TERM=dumb manual=1
dasd=1b0-1b1
HOST=ltroth3.casita.net:eth0:148.100.88.35:1500
NETWORK=148.100.88.0:255.255.255.0:148.100.88.255:148.100.88.1
DNS=1.1.1.1
SEARCHDNS=casita.net
CHANDEV=qeth0,0x340,0x341,0x342
#
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