> I still have to ask the question as to why is the IPL text release > sensitive. All it should be doing is loading some part of > SYS1.NUCLEUS and transferring to it. In one sense an MVT IPLTEXT > should be able to successfully load a z/OS 1.12 Nucleus and transfer > to it if MVT know how to handle modern channel programs and 3390s.
Apparently you did not share your concept of what the IPL text should be doing with the designers of the MVS IPL process long ago. IEAIPL00 is a mini operating system for the IPL process, containing among other things the IO driver and storage management functions. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
