Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-28 Thread David L. Craig
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 10:45:11AM -0600, Dave Jones wrote: David L. Craig wrote: [snip.] Sigh... We're running VM/ESA 2.2 which means CP doesn't know about the IEEE floating point hardware. As I see it, we can upgrade VM, tell the kernel to use emulation even though the hardware

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-28 Thread David L. Craig
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:09:58PM -0500, David L. Craig wrote: I looked at the code (don't you just love free software?) and it looks like I can get away with zapping off the AFP bit in the first set of control registers loaded by the kernel in head31.S shortly after bootstrapping completes;

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-28 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, David. I'm a bit confused here.why are you turning off the AFP bit in the Linux kernel? Is it causing you some problems on teh 7060? David L. Craig wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:09:58PM -0500, David L. Craig wrote: I looked at the code (don't you just love free software?) and it

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-28 Thread David L. Craig
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:19:45PM -0600, Dave Jones wrote: I'm a bit confused here.why are you turning off the AFP bit in the Linux kernel? Is it causing you some problems on teh 7060? I want to run it in a virtual machine under VM/ESA 2.2, but support for the IEEE floating point

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-28 Thread Dave Jones
Got it, thanks, David. David L. Craig wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:19:45PM -0600, Dave Jones wrote: I'm a bit confused here.why are you turning off the AFP bit in the Linux kernel? Is it causing you some problems on teh 7060? I want to run it in a virtual machine under VM/ESA 2.2,

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-26 Thread David Boyes
There is a 7030 users guide, but I would recommend a large bottle of Makers Mark and some cold water as a prereq. The UI will make MUCH more sense following judicious application of same. On 1/24/09 12:34 PM, scott svet...@ameritech.net wrote: Speaking of the 7060, is there some good

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-26 Thread scott
Yes, I noticed that these manuals for the machine are not easy to be followed. Which is why I was wondering if there was not some tutorial out there. David Boyes wrote: There is a 7030 users guide, but I would recommend a large bottle of Makers Mark and some cold water as a prereq. The UI

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-24 Thread scott
Speaking of the 7060, is there some good tutorial from both an operators standpoint and Systems Programmer on how to work with the 7060? Thanks, Scott Dave Jones wrote: -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-24 Thread Dave Jones
Scott, I think this might be what you are looking for: Multiprise 3000 Technical Introduction http://www.reliablecomputer.com/download/planterredbook.pdf DJ scott wrote: Speaking of the 7060, is there some good tutorial from both an operators standpoint and Systems Programmer on how to

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-23 Thread David L. Craig
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:46:08PM -0600, Adam Thornton wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Mark Post wrote: On 1/13/2009 at 1:00 PM, David L. Craig d...@radix.net wrote: I curate a museum which includes a uni-CP Multiprise 3000 -snip- Do current distros still support this platform or

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-23 Thread Mark Post
On 1/23/2009 at 4:48 PM, David L. Craig d...@radix.net wrote: -snip- Sigh... We're running VM/ESA 2.2 which means CP doesn't know about the IEEE floating point hardware. As I see it, we can upgrade VM, tell the kernel to use emulation even though the hardware is there, or put Debian (and

Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread David L. Craig
I curate a museum which includes a uni-CP Multiprise 3000 (7060-H30) with 2 GB in basic mode running VM/ESA 2.2 and hosting VSE/ESA 2.2 in V=R. We may be required by auditors to encrypt files for transmission to other hosts. I'm saying it's feasible to install a Linux distribution into a V=V

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread Mark Post
On 1/13/2009 at 1:00 PM, David L. Craig d...@radix.net wrote: I curate a museum which includes a uni-CP Multiprise 3000 -snip- Do current distros still support this platform or will I need something older, and if so, will current encryption software work on the older distro? SLES10 and

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread Tom Duerbusch
There are not many holes, but things to consider. We had a MP3000 H30 also. 1. It doesn't perform Linux stuff as well as other mainframes. There is a CPU instruction added in newer systems, that made Linux performance much better. So, don't take poor performance on the MP3000 as an

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Mark Post wrote: On 1/13/2009 at 1:00 PM, David L. Craig d...@radix.net wrote: I curate a museum which includes a uni-CP Multiprise 3000 -snip- Do current distros still support this platform or will I need something older, and if so, will current encryption

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
. Dennis We are Borg of America. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:45 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Encryption

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread Gentry, Stephen
, it was a solution looking for a problem. Steve -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of David L. Craig Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:01 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Encryption on a 7060 I curate a museum which includes a uni-CP

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread David L. Craig
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:58:57AM -0800, O'Brien, Dennis L wrote: I knew Multiprises were old, but I didn't know that they were old enough to be museum exhibits. Oh, it's not the main exhibit at all. It's our newest. The main event is the 9121 we use for DR, complete with 9345s. If more

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread David Boyes
On 1/13/09 4:20 PM, David L. Craig d...@radix.net wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:58:57AM -0800, O'Brien, Dennis L wrote: I knew Multiprises were old, but I didn't know that they were old enough to be museum exhibits. Oh, it's not the main exhibit at all. It's our newest. The main

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread David L. Craig
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 04:23:57PM -0500, David Boyes wrote: IBM 360/75 with 2311s? 8-) Powered up? Under hardware maintenance (the drives, not the CPC)? Has a business purpose? -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread David Boyes
On 1/13/09 4:34 PM, David L. Craig d...@radix.net wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 04:23:57PM -0500, David Boyes wrote: IBM 360/75 with 2311s? 8-) Powered up? Well, only on request. That thing EATS power. Under hardware maintenance (the drives, not the CPC)? Well, if you count me as

Re: Encryption on a 7060

2009-01-13 Thread David L. Craig
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 05:54:16PM -0500, David Boyes wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 04:23:57PM -0500, David Boyes wrote: IBM 360/75 with 2311s? 8-) Powered up? Well, only on request. That thing EATS power. Under hardware maintenance (the drives, not the CPC)? Well, if you