I think OpenSUSE Tumbleweed s390x does not run on Hercules due to missing instructions.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rick Troth Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 1:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Clarification: OpenSUSE on Hercules For clarity: I am trying to run OpenSUSE Tumbleweed "s390x" on top of Hercules on top of OpenSUSE Tumbleweed "x86_64". don't overthink it On 8/26/24 4:29 PM, Paul Dembry wrote: > I think Rick is trying this > > OpenSUSE running on > ^ > | > | > Hercules running on > ^ > | > | > Some os > > IOW OpenSUSE S390x on top of Hercules, not Hercules on top of OpenSUSE. IIRC > the more recent versions of OpenSUSE and RedHat (I think RH 8.x) require > certain instructions that are not supported on Hercules. I goofed around with > RH 8.x and think I got it to work using qemu s390 but cannot say for sure as > it was a couple of years ago. I didn't really need anything higher than RH > 7.x so it was just an exercise. > Regards, > Paul > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul > Flint > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 1:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Clarification: OpenSUSE on Hercules > > Greetings Truth > > To clarify, you are operating SUSE Tumbleweed as the base system on > some random intel-type iron. On top of this you want to operate > Hercules, apparently this is part of your studied plan for world > domination. (I am good with this :^) > > This is where I get a bit confused. I use Hercules to boot IBM VM 370. > This was enough of an entertainment that I folded Hercules and VM into a > Docker container and stuck the whole beta out there as "BaBy Bear VM" > (http://bbbvm.org/), > > So the question I have is do you need code to run on top of Hercules on top > of Tumbleweed, or did I misunderstand? > > If you are interested, this evening the Barre Open System Institute (BOSI) > has our regular meeting at the York Library in East Barre, we shall use > meet.jit.si/bosi to connect. Come on to meet.Jit.si/bosi > <http://meet.jit.si/bosi> at 6PM! > > Feel free to click the following link (around 6PM tonight) to join the > meeting: > https://meet.jit.si/bosi > > Regards, > > Paul > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 2:06 PM Rick Troth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I need OpenSUSE on Hercules and have so far been unable to install >> either of these: >> >> >> openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-s390x-Build710.3-Media >> openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-s390x-Snapshot20240819-Media >> >> >> Months ago, I tried other releases/snap-shots. No joy then either. >> >> I have tried supplying the kernel, INITRD, and parm file via 00C reader. >> Didn't work. I have also tried Hercules IPL from ".ins" file. >> After about 4 or 5 minutes, the run consistently ends with something >> like ... >> >> >> T1! ------------ cut here !------------ >> >> >> ... sometimes followed by (what appears to be) a wait state code, >> sometimes not. In all cases the emulator stops with a disabled wait. >> >> My preference is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, but Leap works "if I gotta". >> I'd like to install to un-partitioned FBA, but I've switched to CKD >> in case FBA was/is causing the installer heartburn. >> I've also tried to change the device addresses to match what the >> samples have. Still nuttin, honey. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 >> or visit >> http://www2.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://www2.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://www2.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://www2.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://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
