Hello from Gregg C Levine If I may comment a bit. I have seen an ESX system startup. It wasn't pretty. I also do not remember when. I do remember noting that its startup sequences did in fact resemble Red Hat Linux. Possibly one of the earlier versions before they went to the FC project. ---- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "Remember the Force will be with you. Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kielek, Samuel > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:57 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] z/Linux to p/Linux > > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
