> On 2020-12-08, at 14:12:21, Bruce Hayden wrote:
>
> z/VM doesn't hide the hardware.  In just about all cases, if it won't run
> in an LPAR, it also won't run under z/VM.
>
I recall a counterexample was OpenSolaris.  It wouldn't run in
an LPAR, but only under VM.  I suspect the matter was not "hid[ing]
the hardware" but required CP services not available from the hardware.

And CMS?  I understand modern CMS will not run in an LPAR but
will run under VM.

> ... I'm sure SLES 9 since it is so
> old starts up in ESA/390 mode and then switches to z/Architecture mode (64
> bit.)  The z14 doesn't support ESA/390 mode for Linux, so SLES 9 will not
> IPL in an LPAR or under z/VM.  I'm not sure what level of z/VM you are on
> now, but you can test it by shutting down Linux, entering SET MACHINE Z,
> and then trying to IPL it.

-- gil

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