Hi, John.
Yes, it is certainly possible (and legal!) to install SLES11 or RHEL54
on Hercules. If running Linux directly under Hercules (i.e., no z/VM) on
a recent 64-bit, 2GHz+ Intel box, performance is acceptable. Of course
Hercules does not support some of the newer zArchitecture features that
Linux can exploit, e.g., OSA hardware adapters, but that might not be a
problem with what you are trying to do.
Have a good one.
On 02/15/2010 07:52 PM, John McKown wrote:
I don't have access to a z on which I can do this. Would it be OK to
load in on Hercules/390, just for learning purposes?
My group keeps pushing for zLinux, but the current Linux people (Intel)
want nothing to do with it. Likely, IMO, due to their perception of lack
of control over the hardware. Which would be true. I wouldn't want a
Lintel person, no matter how good, to be setting up z/VM or even the VM
directory. Of course, they would be "root", not my group (z/OS Tech
Services). And they might not want to due to other considerations, such
as backups et al.
On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 19:08 -0600, Paul Raulerson wrote:
Yes, that is exactly so. You can use it for any purpose, production,
test, or development, on as many instances as you like.
It *is* a winner, really. We run transactional production loads on on
zLinux. :)
By the way, it is easy to install and configure, especially under
z/VM. Google for the z/VM cookbooks. They are excellent
guides, and they provide a really good base to move forward and
produce highly customized images from.
-Paul
On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Billy Bingham wrote:
Paul,
So you're saying that if I download SLES 11 Eval Version it comes
with a 180 day trial for support, but the software license is free
and I can continue to use it past the 180 day period?
Sounds like a winner if so.
Thanks,
Billy
On 15 Feb 2010 at 13:31, Paul Raulerson wrote:
Note that "trial" means trial period for support.
The license is free, you can run it as long as you wish, for any
purpose. Seems odd on a mainframe, but true.
And I personally recommend SLES over RedHat. If nothing else, YAST
makes it far easier to manage.
-Paul
On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Rich Smrcina wrote:
On 02/15/2010 12:22 PM, Billy Bingham wrote:
I would like to install Linux on z/VM, but I'm not sure what
distribution to use. Is there a free version of SuSE or RedHat Linux
that I can download to do this? Do I need to license a distribution
from the vendor (SuSE or RedHat)?
Thanks,
Billy
You can get a trial of both Novell and RedHat Linux for System z
that come with install support and maintenance for a certain amount
of time. I think Novell is 120 days.
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