z/VM version 5 requires z/Architecture, so you can certainly run z/Architecture guests. The Eval edition did not have any restrictions on what it could run. If z/VM 5.3 could run it, the eval edition should have been able to also.
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:38 PM, mstram . <mikestra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/8/14, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: > > > > Dear $DIETY, please don't. Download a no-cost evaluation copy of SUSE > Linux > > Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, Slack/390, CentOS, > > Fedora, or Gentoo. You'll be much happier. > > Will any of them run under z/vm 5.3 eval? > > I *think* any "modern" Linux390 requires z/Arch, which I don't > *think* z/vm 5.3 (eval) supports. > > I'm only trying to set this up as an exercise (Linux under VM), not > necessarily to have a useful Linux install ;) > > Mike > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- Bruce Hayden z/VM and Linux on System z ATS IBM, Endicott, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/