The system images for build 100 of OpenSolaris for System z are available for download from:
http://distribution.sinenomine.net/opensolaris Three packaging choices are available: VMARC, AWSTAPE and a DVD image. There is also a tarball containing gcc 4.3.3 which will install in /usr/local. All three images contain identical code, and they can be used with the installation instructions available in the package and on the web page mentioned above. Documentation is provided in the VMARC files in plain text, PDF and Bookmaster/READ format. You need a z/VM 5.3 or 5.4 system with APAR VM64466 (for z/VM 5.3) or VM64471 (for z/VM 5.4) applied, and you must be running on a z9 BC, EC, or z10 to use these images. They will *NOT* run natively (i.e. without z/VM) in an LPAR or on any form of 9672, z800, z890, z900, or z990. The images are authorized to run on standard engines or (as of the IBM announcement of November 18, 2008) on IFL processors. Support and education are available please contact Sine Nomine Associates for more details. This refresh adds a heap of new/refreshed Solaris commands and GNU packages, including the Sun IPS packaging system client and server. We plan to make future patches and updates available in IPS format to allow maintaining the system without complete replacement of the image. Some of the GNU packages include: apr-1.3.3 apr-util-1.3.4 autoconf-2.63 autogen-5.9.7 binutils-2.19 bison-2.4 coreutils-6.12 cvs-1.11.23 dejagnu-1.4.4 diffutils-2.8.4 expat-2.0.1 expect-5.43 flex-2.5.35 gettext-0.17 guile-1.8.5 gzip-1.3.12 m4-1.4.12 patch-2.5.4 perl-5.10 python-2.4 pyOpenSSL-0.8 sed-4.1.5 setuptools-0.6c9 subversion-1.5.5 tcl8.5.6 texinfo-4.13a gmp-4.2.1 mpfr-2.3.0 wget-1.11 zlib-1.2.3 Please send questions, comments or bug reports to the OpenSolaris for System z discussion list at sol-...@vm.marist.edu. We encourage anyone working with this code to subscribe (by sending mail to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the words SUBSCRIBE SOL-390 firstname lastname in the body of the message) and help us make OpenSolaris even better.
