On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 02:24:50PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
The addresses are specified this way:
| #ifndef __s390x__
| #define IPL_DEVICE(*(unsigned long *) (0x10404))
| #define INITRD_START (*(unsigned long *) (0x1040C))
| #define INITRD_SIZE (*(unsigned long *)
On Oct 10, 2009, at 6:10 AM, Frans Pop wrote:
Stephen Powell wrote:
It sounds to me like you are asking for information on how to
create a
mainframe-bootable CD. I'm afraid I don't know the answer.
That's a pity. Because that is *exactly* the information we need.
And I'm
very
On Oct 10, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Frans Pop wrote:
Adam Thornton wrote:
Does the .ins file specify load addresses?
Yes, it does.
See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-s390/2009/09/msg00027.html
The short version I would suggest is see how SuSE does it and do
that.
Right, so who has a *recent*
Run it, try the different installation methods, especially with testing
and unstable. Report the findings either as bugs or on the mailing-list.
Show things that can be made easier to understand/use for the mainframe
people.
Maybe you know how to properly IPL systems from CD/DVD and can
Stephen Powell wrote:
I shall be happy to do all of the above. I do have access to a real
mainframe. It's a z/890 (2086). It's not one of the newest machines.
It's not a z9 or z10. But it is 64-bit. And I do have a spare LPAR I
can test with. And yes, I do know how to IPL Linux in an
That would be great. Please see [1] for details. If you need additional
info, just ask.
Cheers,
FJP
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-s390/2009/09/msg00027.html
It sounds to me like you are asking for information on how to create a
mainframe-bootable CD. I'm afraid I don't know the
I just joined this list server yesterday; so I apologize for
the un-timeliness of my replies to earlier posts.
Is this really an important problem?
Does a significant number of people actually use Debian/s390 on
production servers? And if they exist, why they are not helping?
--
ciao,
Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen (p...@hungry.com):
I expect you will get this if you use HTTP to submit and any HTTP
proxy specified using the HTTP_PROXY variable in
/etc/popularity-contest.conf. The only identity submitted would be
the random ID generated by popcon to make sure the weekly
Am 02.09.2009 20:03 schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen:
[Martin Grimm]
We've currently running 240+ Linux guests on 2 IBM System z10 EC,
that's the newest hardware of this kind for those not so familiar
with this architecture. 236 of these are running Debian, mostly
etch, some still sarge and some
On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:32:14AM +0200, Martin Grimm wrote:
So as long as there is no easy manual way to provide anonymized figures
without installing software on our production servers we can't deliver
such data :-(
Hmm. You could collect the /var/lib/dpkg/status files and do a
mass submit
On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 12:16:53PM +0200, Bastian Blank wa...@debian.org
wrote:
On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:32:14AM +0200, Martin Grimm wrote:
So as long as there is no easy manual way to provide anonymized figures
without installing software on our production servers we can't deliver
such
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 01:01:24PM -0400, Michael Casadevall wrote:
I think a bigger question is where do you find hardware where you can
get remote root on;
I know at least two posibilites
- IBM provides access for evaluation purposes and
- OSDL provides access for project work.
Bastian
--
Martin Grimm extern.martin.gr...@zivit.de writes:
I'm aware of popcon and as much as I'd appreciate it to see our systems
counted there this will not happen because these are mainly production
systems behind firewalls or in internal networks with no internet access
and I've generally a bad
On Sep 3, 2009, at 4:32 AM, Martin Grimm wrote:
I'm aware of popcon and as much as I'd appreciate it to see our
systems
counted there this will not happen because these are mainly production
systems behind firewalls or in internal networks with no internet
access
and I've generally a bad
[Russ Allbery]
Is there an easy way (read: the software already exists and I can
just install it) for all of the systems to report to an internal
proxy that then resubmits the data so that no one else can know
where it's coming from exactly other than from our servers
somewhere?
I expect
Russ Allbery, le Thu 03 Sep 2009 13:32:46 -0700, a écrit :
In specific, our information security office (rightfully) considers
the relationship between system and list of installed packages to
be confidential data because of the potential use of such data in
determining which systems to attack
Am 31.08.2009 18:28 schrieb Bastian Blank:
Hi folks
The s390 port was released with Lenny. However it is not in the best
condition. There are mainly two problems which needs attention, lack of
manpower and a 64 bit userland.
The first problem is the worst. Currently only Frans Pop and I
[Martin Grimm]
We've currently running 240+ Linux guests on 2 IBM System z10 EC,
that's the newest hardware of this kind for those not so familiar
with this architecture. 236 of these are running Debian, mostly
etch, some still sarge and some lenny. Amongst these are
zelenka.debian.org and a
Hi folks
The s390 port was released with Lenny. However it is not in the best
condition. There are mainly two problems which needs attention, lack of
manpower and a 64 bit userland.
The first problem is the worst. Currently only Frans Pop and I do work
on it. Frans only does the
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Marco d'Itrim...@linux.it wrote:
On Aug 31, Bastian Blank wa...@debian.org wrote:
I doubt that I would be able to push this port through another release
in the current state. The consequence would by that the port dies
completely and with it the only free and
On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Michael Casadevall wrote:
I think a bigger question is where do you find hardware where you can
get remote root on; I'm not very familiar with s390 or mainframes in
general, but its not a piece of hardware one individual person would
own. I'm aware of the Hercules
On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Bastian Blank wrote:
The first problem is the worst. Currently only Frans Pop and I do
work
on it. Frans only does the Debian-Installer part and I simply have
not
enough time to do the rest. The s390 architecture is quite
different to
anything else, so
Marco d'Itri wrote:
On Aug 31, Bastian Blank wa...@debian.org wrote:
I doubt that I would be able to push this port through another release
in the current state. The consequence would by that the port dies
completely and with it the only free and released distribution for this
machines.
Is
I've been meaning to set up a used representative for testing in my
lab at home, and would appreciate suggestions on some of the
smaller options (from a space and power/thermal perspective). I've
worked with a larger S/390 sysplex in the past (unfortunately not
running Linux natively), but am
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 03:39:10PM -0500, Adam Thornton wrote:
A Multiprise H50 or H70 would fit your needs, maybeit's about
that size, probably pretty cheap on the used market, could run
z/VM 4.4. It is, however, 31-bit only. There is nothing at all
64-bit yet that fits the bill.
How
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