> Actually, it's running on top of a stripped-down Red Hat. That is incorrect. ESX does not run on Red Hat or any other Linux based OS. I think you are referring to the service console which is based off of an older version of Red Hat (7.x). However, the service console is not required for operation. In fact, you can shut the service console down altogether and your guests will continue to run just fine. I think people mistakenly think that the ESX hypervisor runs under Linux because it uses a familiar Linux bootstrap process, but that is where the similarity ends..
-Sam -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:50 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: z/Linux to p/Linux On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Kielek, Samuel wrote: > Rick, I have never actually tested this, but vmware ESX runs > directly on > the hardware (no host OS required) Actually, it's running on top of a stripped-down Red Hat. > and may be able to run an instance of > vmware as a guest. I'm struggling to come up with a reason why this > would be a useful thing to do however.. For testing and DR purposes, one presumes, just like running z/VM second-level. Of course, getting a whole xSeries all to yourself for testing is a lot easier than getting a whole zSeries LPAR. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
