Mike, I'll answer the second question. Unless your gen excludes those devices from the Linux/390 LPAR, there is no way to guarantee the integrity of the data on them. So, don't do that. Create a new gen that excludes them.
In answer to your first question, please don't select a Linux distribution based on "popularity." There has been a lot of discussion on this list as to what problems and good experiences people have had with the various distributions. I would advise you to spend some time reading the archives (http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?linux-390) to get a feel for those things. Then you can contact the distributors and ask questions that are important to you, as opposed to what's important to others. A lot of those topics have also been highlighted on http://linuxvm.org/ Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Mike Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 10:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newbie Questions Hi all, We want to install LINUX on our G5 in LPAR mode. I have a couple of basic questions... 1) What LINUX distribution is the most popular for the S390? Advantages/disadvantages? 2) The extra LPAR that we have setup, has an IOCP definition that shares ALL disk drives with our OS/390 production LPAR. How can we ensure that LINUX will not touch our production disks? Thanks in advance! Mike Martin Systems Programmer Wake Med Information Services 3000 New Bern Ave. Raleigh, N.C. 27610 (919)-350-8458 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
