On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: > >>> On 4/27/2016 at 03:51 PM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > They IPL from the DVD and then use the HMC DVD as a ftp source. > > Coming soon will be the ability to IPL _and_ install directly from the HMC > DVD drive. It'll be a slow as !@$$ but it won't require an installation > server somewhere. You'll still need to connect _into_ the system over the > network to complete the install (via SSH or VNC) of course. Even that > could be avoided if you set up a custom DVD that points to an autoinst.xml > file on the DVD itself and use VNC as the installation method. Completely > unattended install without a net. :) >
And so the z/VM people put the z/OS people even more to shame. I guess the z/OS people really want to stay with 3270 type terminals. I would consider this a conspiracy with the 3270 manufacturers, but nobody makes real 3270 type devices any more. Visara make some nice stuff which looks like a 3174 to the z box (ESCON attached) & can even coax attach a real 3270 terminal or a PC with a 3270 emulation card, or via TN3270E (so your TN3270E connected PC looks like a local 3270). > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- The unfacts, did we have them, are too imprecisely few to warrant our certitude. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
