A beginner DDR image would be very nice. Then all you need is something
to edit the config from CMS before starting the new image, such as SNA's
EXT2TOOL. Putting /config on it's own little file system would make the
configurations sharable/movable between images.
Ray Mrohs
U.S. Department of Justice
202-307-6896
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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RPN01
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:44 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: Mini-survey: Linux usability
Actually, your zVM doesn't even need FTPSERVE up; you only need
the FTP client, which doesn't depend on the server at all to go out to
another box.
So the list is reduced to z/VM, TCP/IP and the FTP program, plus
CMSDDR, if that is needed to deconstruct the package.
Setting up an FTP / NFS server was one of the first things we
did, and we serve all of the files from there by loopback mounting the
various ISO files. With the advent of the DVD ISOs, we can use NFS for
the installs; prior to that, having the various CDs loopback mounted
confuses NFS, because it won't cross a filesystem boundary, so we could
only use FTP. In any case, getting this install server up and running
saved a lot of future effort.
For a beginning site, being able to lay down this server from
DDR would be a huge help. The issues would revolve around the
customization of this image once it was laid down, such as changing its
IP address to fit into the local network. Making sure it was built on
globally available DASD (such as being sized for 3390 mod 3's) would
help for the sites that have no defined mod 9 or 27 devices.
I can see where giving the mainframer who is new to Linux an
initial, running system, with the ability to support the creation of
additional images, would be very helpful. I wish it had been available
when I started doing this...
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