Re: z/VM 5.2 install

[Miguel Diaz]

Mike,

Are you looking at Part 2 (System Image DVD Installation) in the Guide for Auto Install & Service?

Chapter 5, Step 1, sub step 4 lists the requirement, which is also on the summary sheet (the DVD version).

Regards,
Miguel Diaz
z/VM TCP/IP Development

VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions <VMESA-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 01/04/2006 03:41:13 PM:

> Dennis,
>
> You sure about that?  I've peeked at the "z/VM Guide for Automated
> Installation and Service version 5 release 2" (GC24-6099-02) and there is
> no indication of that (but for new DVD support it sounds reasonable).  One
> would expect such a requirement would be clearly defined, not implied.
>
> BTW, the full manual (always a lot more reliable than the double-sided
> Summary sheet) does not indicate that 5.1 is required.  Steve, when in
> doubt refer to the full manual (helps to put you to sleep at night, too!)  
> :-)
>
> Certainly though, a 64-bit first-level system is absolutely required.
> Maybe that was the implication made by the Summary?
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Mike Walter
> Hewitt Associates
> The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.