Thanks, Mark! Glad to hear I'm just behind the times in this case... I can't seem to get to the link you provided, but assume it's mentioned in install doc. I typically have worked with RH for proof of concepts so am behind with Suse.
Is anyone aware of a Redhat solution? Scott Rohling On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: > >>> On 2/6/2015 at 12:03 AM, Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > How about under z/VM? z/VM I can install from DVD on the HMC... now > I > > want to install (an enterprise edition of) Linux... as far as I know, I > > still can't do it without networking to an external server. This is > where > > I'm hoping I'm just behind the times.. > > That's what I was talking about. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Starter > System will do just that. > > > What I'm wanting is a way to give a customer a quick POC of z/VM-Linux > > without requiring they have an existing server that must be networked to. > > In some situations, this has been a deal breaker.. Outside of working > > through the firewalls, finding someone in the customer org to 'host' the > > DVD image/directory can be a problem. It's a little confounding to them > to > > explain this need to install a mainframe product. That's why I've been > > thinking about an ECKD image 'starter system' that can be FTP'd to z/VM > and > > restored with a small Linux on it to act as install server for either one > > or many penguins. But being that I can't distribute Linux in any such > > fashion for a customer - I keep hoping the distributors will come up > with a > > simple starter system. Have they and I missed it? > > Yes, you have missed it. > https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=l5_UjT5Nvmk~ That will do > exactly what you want, and for exactly the same reasons you list. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
