Not that anybody is likely to care, but this is a facility to install z/Linux under z/VM using only CMS. It is a nice way to get a z/Linux system up quickly.
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:19 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 Starter System > for IBM System z > > Cross-posted to Linux-390, IBMVM, and IBM-MAIN > > I'm pleased to announce that the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server > 10 SP2 Starter System for IBM System z is now available. > (Don't you just love the catchy name? I think it just rolls > off the tongue.) As before, the good folks at Sine Nomine, > working closely with Novell, have created this update. All > the comments we received regarding the documentation have > been incorporated, in addition to the upgrade to the platform > itself. The starter system continues to be a no-cost > download for anyone that has a Novell Customer Center account > (which is also no-cost). > > For people that haven't heard of this before: > "The SUSE Enterprise Linux Server (SLES) Starter System is a > pre-built installation server for SLES that can be installed > on your z/VM system using CMS tools, eliminating the need for > coordinating access to a separate Linux or Unix system > elsewhere on your network and minimizing the impact of > network-based installation on your internal and external networks." > > You can find more information, and links to the download page > at http://www.novell.com/partners/ibm/mainframe/starterpack.html > > Before you download anything, I strongly recommend reading > through the installation guide. It's viewable online, via > the "view" button for "Install instructions." Or, you can > download the PDF (or .txt) file to your desktop by clicking > on the download button for s10sp2.pdf, or s10sp2.txt. > Hopefully, everything you'll need to know is contained in > that document. > > As with the prior version, having z/VM running is a > pre-requisite for this tool. If you don't already have z/VM, > and you do have a z10, you might want to consider the z/VM > 5.3 Evaluation Edition that IBM has just made available. See > http://www.vm.ibm.com/eval/index.html for more details. If > you don't have a z10, you'll need to contact your IBM rep. to > coordinate a no-cost evaluation. > > Thank you to all the people that downloaded the SP1 version > and tried it out. The number of downloads, and the feedback > from the people trying it, made it clear that keeping this > tool and upgrading it was good for everyone involved. > > > Mark Post >
