The only place I knew I could locate it quickly is in Section 8.8 of the unabridged copy of the original Linux for S/390 Redbook. I point to it from the main page of linuxvm.org, but here's the pointer: http://spazioweb.inwind.it/bunga/linux390/books/sg244987.pdf
I'm not surprised there's more documentation for the Marist file system. I haven't really written any yet. :) That will be coming later, but there should be enough information at http://www.slack390.org/install.html to get you going. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Murray Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ipling initial linux tape thanks mark. can you tell me where i can find information on creating a .tdf file? i had slack390 downloaded, but i thought i'd try marist since i find their documentation is better. thanks for the tip on the archives! perhaps i'll try creating a stand alone dump tape and see if that ipls. at least then i can narrow it down to being a linux problem or not. Robin Murray Tel: (902) 453-7300 x4177 Cell: (902) 430-0637 "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/23/2004 08:18 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: ipling initial linux tape Hmm. IPLing from tape is a gigantic pain, just for reasons like this. Make sure you rewind in-between each attempt. You might also want to create a .tdf file that points to the three starter files and try to IPL from an emulated tape drive, since this is an MP3K. The Marist file system that is currently on their web site is extremely out of date. You might want to take a look at some of the other options, such as Debian for S/390, Slack/390, Tao Linux for S/390, etc. Finally, I didn't answer your question about searchable archives. Yes, there is one at the bottom of http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?linux-390 Be warned, that it is very slow. That's why I make gzip-compressed copies available at http://linuxvm.org/archives/ so that people can download them, uncompress them, and search them on their local desktop system. There is an unofficial archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/index.html that some people find useful. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Murray Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ipling initial linux tape no, this is the kernal i downloaded from marist. i don't think this is a linux problem, i don't think it's even getting to linux. but i thought perhaps someone else has run across this... Robin Murray Tel: (902) 453-7300 x4177 Cell: (902) 430-0637 "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/23/2004 04:27 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: ipling initial linux tape Is this by any chance a Red Hat distribution? If so, look at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=121788 Apparently Red Hat will be putting out an updated s390utils package soon. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Murray Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ipling initial linux tape i'm running an mp3000 with three lpars defined, and am trying to ipl linux from the intall tape for the first time. when i ipl the tape (a 3490), all i get is a load failure, saying "control unit or device is busy". i've tried varying off the drives/paths/chpid from all the other lpars and ipling again, but i get the same thing. anyone else run into this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
