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2002-02-27 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greetings; (Posted to VMESA-L and VSE-L and LINUX-390) - - Now in its fifth year! - - Now includes VSE and linux/390! I have set up a public service web page at http://www.eskimo.com/~wix/vm/ for posting positions available and wanted for VM, VSE and linux/390. Please visit the we

Peter Bouveng/BGC är på semester.

2002-02-27 Thread Peter Bouveng
Jag kommer att vara borta från kontoret fr.o.m. 2002-02-28 och kommer inte tillbaka förrän 2002-03-04. Jag kan komma att svara på meddelandet när jag kommer tillbaka.

Re: More linuxvm.org Updates

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> > Well 11-2 = 9 = September, programmers dyslexia I'd say. > > I finally realised his problem - he was stuck in octal > It's true. The first non-decimal number system I learned (apart from the arcane systems we inherited from the poms for measuring money, weights, volume etc) was octal. Used i

Re: More linuxvm.org Updates

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> > > I'm up to 02/11 now. Only a little over two weeks behind. Mostly > > > > 2/11 is September in most countries. > > Try November 8) -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for m

Re: Samba users

2002-02-27 Thread Roger Baello
Try to get WEBMIN to administer your Samba Server. http://www.webmin.com It has some very nice features that will help you synchronized all local users to samba users. This will alleviate the need to manually do it by hand.. It also make creating Shares a breeze Good Luck... (Embedded ima

Re: How to Assign IFL's?

2002-02-27 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 02/27/2002 at 09:20 PST, "Wolfe, Gordon W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >1) Is there anyway via the HMC to verify IFL's have been enabled > and are > > available? > > > Go into the System Activity Display on the HMC. You'll have to configure it > for your system to show what

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> > > > There's nothing called ISAM. > > > > > > (actually ISAM is a standard defined by the open group) > > > > More likely here people are referring to ISAM as implemented in the > > 1960s on OS and (presumably) DOS. > > Where do you think the history of it and the standard evolved from. And > y

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread Alan Cox
> programming on an 1130 (I still have the book; I use it to frighten > many of the "children" I read a book on the 11xx programming. All done in sort of happy non scary guidebook stuff. I've never tried it. The university library still had that alongside programming and wiring the univac

Re: More linuxvm.org Updates

2002-02-27 Thread Alan Cox
> Well 11-2 = 9 = September, programmers dyslexia I'd say. I finally realised his problem - he was stuck in octal

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread Rengasamy, Samy
How does c-tree from www.faircom.com fare against Berkeley DB? Thanks, Samy Rengasamy. -Original Message- From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 4:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux > > What are the ISAM options on Li

Re: More linuxvm.org Updates

2002-02-27 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine normally with Jedi Knight Computers Hmmm. I remember Mark mentioning that he was running about two weeks behind in updating his wonderful website. So when I saw the way the numbers were written I discounted the European custom of the way dates are written, and come to tha

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread John Campbell
>> > > > There's nothing called ISAM. > > > > (actually ISAM is a standard defined by the open group) > > More likely here people are referring to ISAM as implemented in the > 1960s on OS and (presumably) DOS. Where do you think the history of it and the standard evolved from. And yes I k

Re: PHP Security Vulnerability

2002-02-27 Thread Alan Cox
> http://www.php.net, there is a replacement version available, 4.1.2 from > http://www.php.net/downloads.php They use the phrase "strongly encouraged" > to describe the recommendation to upgrade. So, heads up to anyone out there > who's running PHP on a system that is exposed to a potentially h

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread Alan Cox
> > > There's nothing called ISAM. > > > > (actually ISAM is a standard defined by the open group) > > More likely here people are referring to ISAM as implemented in the > 1960s on OS and (presumably) DOS. Where do you think the history of it and the standard evolved from. And yes I know about D

Re: More linuxvm.org Updates

2002-02-27 Thread Dennis Andrews
Well 11-2 = 9 = September, programmers dyslexia I'd say. > What planet? ;-) November is more usual outside the US. > > > -Original Message- > > > I'm up to 02/11 now. Only a little over two weeks behind. Mostly > > > > 2/11 is September in most countries.

Re: More linuxvm.org Updates

2002-02-27 Thread Ferguson, Neale
What planet? ;-) November is more usual outside the US. > -Original Message- > > I'm up to 02/11 now. Only a little over two weeks behind. Mostly > > 2/11 is September in most countries.

conmode=3215 on Hercules

2002-02-27 Thread Pete Zaitcev
Hello: The code for setup parsing looks like this: __setup("condev=", condev_setup); static int __init conmode_setup(char *str) { #if defined(CONFIG_TN3215_CONSOLE) if (strncmp(str, "3215", 5) == 0 && (MACHINE_IS_VM || MACHINE_IS_P390)) SET_CONSOLE_3215; #endif } Don't you think it

Communication between Linux and z/VM

2002-02-27 Thread Kinnear, Mike
I am trying to develop an exec that will shut down a Linux instance from VM user MAINT. I have figured out how to become a secondary user and log on as root and provide a password using CPSEND mechanism. The problem I'm having is being able to code a routine that can parse a response sent from the

Re: More linuxvm.org Updates

2002-02-27 Thread Alan Cox
> > I'm up to 02/11 now. Only a little over two weeks behind. Mostly > > 2/11 is September in most countries. Try November 8)

Re: Samba users

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> okay, I'm stumped. I have samba setup and I'm able to use it but how do > I setup other users, easily? Here's the process I've been successful > with thus far: Note: current setup win98 clients, NT server (network > authentication) > 1. I setup my network user name in linux (adduser/passwd) No

Re: More linuxvm.org Updates

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> I'm up to 02/11 now. Only a little over two weeks behind. Mostly 2/11 is September in most countries. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition.

Re: Samba users

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
Jammie, I've never had a problem with defining my Samba users in lowercase. What does your smb.conf file look like? The _easiest_ way to allow users to access Samba in a shop where an NT domain is already set up is to add the Linux/390 system to the domain (your NT admin will have to set up a "

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> > > What are the ISAM options on Linux/390 and Linux/86? > > > > There's nothing called ISAM. > > (actually ISAM is a standard defined by the open group) More likely here people are referring to ISAM as implemented in the 1960s on OS and (presumably) DOS. No, Alan, not PCDOS or MSDOS. -- Chee

PHP Security Vulnerability

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
I just received an email flash from our internal security organization about a severe security exposure in just about every version of PHP (3.0 all the way up through 4.1). The details are described at http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012002.html. According to http://www.php.net, there is

Re: Finding Linux Help Elsewhere

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > The InfoWorld article that prompted this note, though, talked about > using your local Linux User Group (LUG). If you don't know where one > is, there's They'd probably be willing to allow you to introduce yourself by giving a special presentation on "How I ran 40 000

Re: time config

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> Jammie, > > Check whether /etc/localtime is a symbolic link pointing to an appropriate > timezone value for you, or that the contents matches one. The timezone info is stored in /usr; RH used to use a symlink and changed when someone realised the timezone info isn't available early enough in t

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> Why would you need to fiddle with the boot image? Don't understand your > point. Carlos :-) > You don't have to fiddle with the boot image. Howver, if you want an image that's bootable then you need to know which is the file and to specify it on the mkisofs command. otoh simply copying the C

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Alan Cox
> > dd if= of=MyLovelyMVSImage.iso > > I don't know why "everyone" recommends dd for this purpose. I've been > using the easier cp command and it works perfectly well. dd has extra > options, but they're not needed in this case. Basically Unix history. There was a time when you really did normall

Re: Moving /usr to another disk

2002-02-27 Thread Robert J Brenneman
>> means concatenate into the file starting at the end > means replace the file with this stuff Sometimes it really hurts when you mix them up. Jay Brenneman Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> > > > cp /dev/hdc mycdimage.iso > > Hm, I don4t think so. Try "dd" for block-by-block copying or "mkisofs" for > the generation of a iso9660 image from a directory of files. > > Goetz > Goetz You should try it;-) -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocit

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread Alan Cox
> > What are the ISAM options on Linux/390 and Linux/86? > > There's nothing called ISAM. (actually ISAM is a standard defined by the open group) > There are db1, db2, db3 - Berkeley DB routings. If you're writing new > (to Unix) code use db3. Generally db3 is the right thing, although if you a

Samba users

2002-02-27 Thread Hall, Jammie
okay, I'm stumped. I have samba setup and I'm able to use it but how do I setup other users, easily? Here's the process I've been successful with thus far: Note: current setup win98 clients, NT server (network authentication) 1. I setup my network user name in linux (adduser/passwd) Note: userna

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> Under SuSE 7.2 (SLES) there is a package called mkisofs to create ISO > images. I have used it successfully by mounting my cd-rom from my PC via > smbfs and running the command. > Carlos :-) > That's another way. The MD5SUM won't match, so it won't be an authentic copy though. -- Cheers John Su

How do I configure OS/390 TCP/IP to be a router for Linux/390?

2002-02-27 Thread Dave Myers
What are the necessary config statements and guidelines required to use the OS/390 TCP/IP stack as a router/gateway between a Linux390 system and the world... Thanks, Dave

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> Am Mit, 2002-02-27 um 15.39 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > How can I make an ISO image from a CD? I would like to be able to then > > mount that ISO image as loopback device. That way I don't have to have the > > CD mounted all the time. > > > it is a simple: > > dd if= of=MyLovelyMVSImage.iso

Re: time config

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> I was noticing that my time is off by 6hrs. In reading the RH 7.2 > customization guide I got from the RH s390 site, everything is > referencing GUI stuff. How many have a video card on the MF? I need text You don't need a video card. You do need X and the relevant libraries. Then you can conne

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> How can I make an ISO image from a CD? I would like to be able to then > mount that ISO image as loopback device. That way I don't have to have the > CD mounted all the time. cp /dev/hdd enigma-disk1.iso etc -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcw

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> What are the ISAM options on Linux/390 and Linux/86? There's nothing called ISAM. There are db1, db2, db3 - Berkeley DB routings. If you're writing new (to Unix) code use db3. > > Thanks, > > Samy Rengasamy. > > -Original Message- > From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent

Re: 2.2.16 and virtual CPUs

2002-02-27 Thread Barton Robinson
The time slice is NOT divided up between virtual cpu's, only share is divided up. >all the virtual CPUs defined, > >Is that true? > >It was my understanding that although the adjunct VMDBK's for the virtual >CPU's are slave to the original VMDBK for 'administrative' purposes, they >(adjunct VM

Re: SSHD at boot

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> Alan, > > Ok, so if /etc/init.d is the standard, why is that the symlink on the newer > systems, rather than the other way around? What kind of things would break > if /etc/init.d was the real directory and the older convention used a > symlink? I don't recall the details, but Red Hat did try

Re: Domino support

2002-02-27 Thread Rich Smrcina
Well...technically they already do support it on zSeries (OS/390). But they really need to be convinced that a Linux for zSeries port is necessary (with all due respect to other vendors... ) On Wednesday 27 February 2002 03:06 pm, you wrote: > Funny, this here says "all IBM @server platforms" Sh

Re: SuSE 7.2 Samba Hang

2002-02-27 Thread Rob Schwartz
I'll try this. Thanks for all your help!! Rob - Original Message - From: "Carlos Ordonez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:23 AM Subject: Re: SuSE 7.2 Samba Hang > Yes, sorrylinux-2.4.7-s390-3.tar.gz and s390-4

Domino support

2002-02-27 Thread Jon R. Doyle
Funny, this here says "all IBM @server platforms" Should hold them to this claim :~) Unless they dropped Zseries from the @server line :~) http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/solutions/collaboration/ Regards, Jon Jon R. Doyle Sendmail Inc. 6425 Christie Ave Emeryville, Ca. 94608

Re: LINUX 2.4.7 z/VM 3.1 and a G3

2002-02-27 Thread David Boyes
Yes, works fine. -- db - Original Message - From: "Ann Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 12:08 PM Subject: LINUX 2.4.7 z/VM 3.1 and a G3 > Can LINUX 2.4.7 run on a G3 processor? >

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Carlos Ordonez
Rob, I created the iso images and mounted them on a loopback without fussing around with the boot image. If you are planing to IPL from this ISO, then it will better be on a CD. The IPL takes its information from a file called (in suse) suse.ins or (in redhat) redhat.ins. This is not like a bootst

Re: Domino for Linux on s/390?

2002-02-27 Thread Rich Smrcina
Since R6 is going beta on a number of other platforms (including Linux for Intel) we may hear some news soon. On Wednesday 27 February 2002 12:34 pm, you wrote: > Has anyone heard if a lotus Domino server will run on any flavor of Linux > for S/390? > I've got an lpar just waiting for it... > > B

xstore and SLES

2002-02-27 Thread Mark . Pace
Anyone know what happened to xstore usage in SLES7? In SuSE 2.2 kernel it automatically noticed when it had xstore attached and I could mkswap /dev/slram0 and swap /dev/slram0. Now I have an SLES7 2.4 kernel and it did not recognize the xstore. This seems like a step backward. any ideas? Mar

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Mark . Pace
>> Just copy the CD to a file, e.g. if your CD drive is /dev/hdc (on i386 >> plattform of course) just type >> >> cp /dev/hdc mycdimage.iso >Hm, I don4t think so. Try "dd" for block-by-block copying or "mkisofs" for >the generation of a iso9660 image from a directory of files. >Goetz Fo

Re: Domino for Linux on s/390?

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
As of September 2001, the last word we had from Jim Elliott was IBM is "considering a port of Domino to Linux on zSeries. IBM distributed a survey on this subject some time ago to determine if there was sufficient interest. Have your IBM rep contact me for a copy of the survey." Mark Post -

Domino for Linux on s/390?

2002-02-27 Thread Barry Logan
Has anyone heard if a lotus Domino server will run on any flavor of Linux for S/390? I've got an lpar just waiting for it... Barry

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Ferguson, Neale
For Linux-based CD burners I quite like gcombust which hides all the command line complexities of cdrecord and cdlabelgen in a fairly intuitive gui.

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
>Why would you need to fiddle with the boot image? Don't understand your >point. Carlos :-) If you stick the CD in you PC and copy the files over into a big fat file that is formatted like an ISO image, you lose the boot image. So you will not have a functional duplicate. The point is that if you

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Carlos Ordonez
Why would you need to fiddle with the boot image? Don't understand your point. Carlos :-) Carlos A. Ordonez IBM Corporation Server Consolidation |-+---> | | Rob van der Heij| | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>| | |

Re: Moving /usr to another disk

2002-02-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
>Except there is currently a bug in the interface that for some devices, such >as DASD, the echo command MUST have a trailing blank in it: >echo "add device range=0100-0104 " >> /proc/dasd/devices I'd be interested to learn why the '>>' is suggested instead of '>' since both appear to do the sa

ColdFusion Neo on Linux-390

2002-02-27 Thread PERRY, GRAHAME (SBCSI)
I have a client who wants to look at the ColdFusion Neo beta. We haven't gotten the beta software yet but have applied. >From what their whitepaper on Neo says is that it can run under Websphere and that it's basically a Java application. So even though it's not written for Linux/390, since it's

Re: How to Assign IFL's?

2002-02-27 Thread Hines Daniel (sys1dmh)
Thanks - and yes indeed - IFL's are nothing more the ICF's and are defined to an LPAR the same way Dan -Original Message- From: Wolfe, Gordon W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to Assign IFL's? >

Re: time config

2002-02-27 Thread Dougie G Lawson
> 4.) I also need to configure NTP. is there a tool to do both? On my S/390 SuSE 7.0 there is a /etc/ntp.conf supplied. I've stripped all the comments and got left with: server 9.20.45.99 driftfile /etc/ntp.drift logfile /var/log/ntp Update rc.config to have YES for START_XNTPD. Then started

Re: 64bit distributions.

2002-02-27 Thread Jon R. Doyle
Right to a point, after all it is the technical "people" they employ, like Andrea, Schwab and others that make the edge possible. THese folks turn that cde out to public areas under GPL, so , yes, getting the "package" with Yast and support, whatever, makes the product have a price, but the techno

Finding Linux Help Elsewhere

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
I know I've mentioned this in the past, but it bears repeating. (Also, I was reminded of this today by an InfoWorld article by Russell Pavlicek.) This mailing list is not the only place you can go to for help with Linux/390. Believe it or not, many of the problems people encounter and seek help

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Holger Baxmann
MKISOFS(8) MKISOFS(8) NAME mkisofs - create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes. the point is not to _create_ a isofs rather to copy a already existing one, on the cd, to a filesystem file. so a r

RE : LINUX 2.4.7 z/VM 3.1 and a G3

2002-02-27 Thread Monteleone
True, i've got two LINUX 2.4.7 on my 9672 R14. -Message d'origine- De : Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] De la part de Post, Mark K Envoyé : mercredi 27 février 2002 18:28 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: LINUX 2.4.7 z/VM 3.1 and a G3 It should be able to. The G3 was when t

Re: Moving /usr to another disk

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
Except there is currently a bug in the interface that for some devices, such as DASD, the echo command MUST have a trailing blank in it: echo "add device range=0100-0104 " >> /proc/dasd/devices Mark Post -Original Message- From: Carlos Ordonez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday,

Re: LINUX 2.4.7 z/VM 3.1 and a G3

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
It should be able to. The G3 was when the Halfword Immediate and Relative Branch Feature was added. It will be rather slow, especially for any IEEE FPU stuff, but it _should_ work. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Ann Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 200

Re: How to Assign IFL's?

2002-02-27 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
>1) Is there anyway via the HMC to verify IFL's have been enabled and are > available? > Go into the System Activity Display on the HMC. You'll have to configure it for your system to show what CPUs and channel paths to monitor. On our system, we use CP0, CP1 and CP2 for s/390, and CP3 i

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Sal Torres/SBC Inc.
*** Reply to note of Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:30:42 +0100 *** by [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can use the mkisofs command to create an ISO image from any directory: mkisofs -r -o my.iso /cd_directory (to burn ISO images you can use the cdrecord command on systems that support cd writers). sal Holger Ba

LINUX 2.4.7 z/VM 3.1 and a G3

2002-02-27 Thread Ann Smith
Can LINUX 2.4.7 run on a G3 processor?

Re: 64bit distributions.

2002-02-27 Thread Holger Baxmann
> Pseries 64. SuSE by far has the technical edge all the time. ^-- commercial just a rothut :) bax

Re: LINUX 2.4.7 and z/VM 3.1

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
Ann, It'll run under VM/ESA 2.4, so I would have to say "yes." Mark Post -Original Message- From: Ann Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LINUX 2.4.7 and z/VM 3.1 Can LINUX/390 2.4.7 kernel run under z/VM 3.1?

Re: time config

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
Jammie, Check whether /etc/localtime is a symbolic link pointing to an appropriate timezone value for you, or that the contents matches one. On my SuSE systems, I have this: > ls -l localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jan 29 23:01 localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT If your entry doesn't l

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Goetz Rieger
- Original Message - From: "Georg Zumstrull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 4:03 PM Subject: Re: create an ISO from a CD > Just copy the CD to a file, e.g. if your CD drive is /dev/hdc (on i386 > plattform of course) just type > > c

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
At 16:39 27-02-02, you wrote: >Under SuSE 7.2 (SLES) there is a package called mkisofs to create ISO >images. I have used it successfully by mounting my cd-rom from my PC via >smbfs and running the command. >Carlos :-) But that is making an ISO image out of files rather than out of a CD. You woul

Re: LINUX 2.4.7 and z/VM 3.1

2002-02-27 Thread Mark . Pace
>Can LINUX/390 2.4.7 kernel run under z/VM 3.1? It can and does on my z/VM 3.1. Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32311 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 850-219-5184 Fax: 850-219-5050 http://www.mainline.com

Re: 64bit distributions.

2002-02-27 Thread Jon R. Doyle
When i spoke to SuSE in NYC there is a version for iSeries, there is systems running here for IA64, and there is kernels for Sparc64, and Pseries 64. SuSE by far has the technical edge all the time. Regards, Jon Jon R. Doyle Sendmail Inc. 6425 Christie Ave Emeryville, Ca. 94608

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Jon R. Doyle
man mkisofs for get the switches, but it is quite easy I rememebr, just tell t the file name somecd.iso and the spot where the files are /files/* Regards, Jon Jon R. Doyle Sendmail Inc. 6425 Christie Ave Emeryville, Ca. 94608 (o_ (o_ (o_ //\ (/)_ (\)_ V_

Re: Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu

2002-02-27 Thread Dave Jones
I, too, would be remiss if I don't publicly acknowledge all of the help, support, advice, and comfort that Melinda has graciously given to me over the years. It's because of her, and people like her, that the VM community has evolved into one that is open to new ideas and approaches, tolerant of d

Re: time config

2002-02-27 Thread Holger Baxmann
Am Mit, 2002-02-27 um 17.08 schrieb Hall, Jammie: > I'm running from a win98 client + I did not install the gnome, KDE and x > windows stuff on the mf when I ran loader. lesson learned but I need to > get the textbased part running for now and get the rpms later. is there > a way I can install gno

Re: Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu

2002-02-27 Thread Ronald Wells
Figures, IBM would drop ball As for lack for Mainframe support---figures as well--people whom do not and have not understood a REAL operating system(s)vs. toys

LINUX 2.4.7 and z/VM 3.1

2002-02-27 Thread Ann Smith
Can LINUX/390 2.4.7 kernel run under z/VM 3.1?

Re: Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu

2002-02-27 Thread Rich Smrcina
Indeed. A senseless loss for us all. On Wednesday 27 February 2002 10:09 am, you wrote: > It should be mentioned that one of the reasons for the downsizing was lack > of support for the mainframe, and specifically VM, from Tivoli. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Rich Smrcina [SMTP:[EM

Re: time config

2002-02-27 Thread Hall, Jammie
I'm running from a win98 client + I did not install the gnome, KDE and x windows stuff on the mf when I ran loader. lesson learned but I need to get the textbased part running for now and get the rpms later. is there a way I can install gnome, KDE and X without having to RPM? -Original Messa

Re: Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu

2002-02-27 Thread Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission
It should be mentioned that one of the reasons for the downsizing was lack of support for the mainframe, and specifically VM, from Tivoli. > -Original Message- > From: Rich Smrcina [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu

2002-02-27 Thread Rich Smrcina
It is with the generosity and support of people like Melinda, Barton and their co-workers and countless other people that make the VM and Linux for S/390 community what it is. I, for one, am very proud to be a part of it and look forward to continuing for many years. It is very sad to see Prince

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Carlos Ordonez
Under SuSE 7.2 (SLES) there is a package called mkisofs to create ISO images. I have used it successfully by mounting my cd-rom from my PC via smbfs and running the command. Carlos :-) Carlos A. Ordonez IBM Corporation Server Consolidation |-+---> | |

Re: Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
During the initial discussions about moving penguinvm to linuxvm.org, I learned quite a bit more about Melinda's support for the early i370/Bigfoot Linux/390 port. I always enjoy learning about other people's generosity (it helps remind me that not everyone is mean and small). As a result, I've

Re: 64bit distributions.

2002-02-27 Thread Post, Mark K
According to http://news.com.com/2100-1001-842633.html: "At this moment, we plan to release it officially in late April. A beta version will be available soon," confirmed Holger Dyroff, director of SuSE's North American sales operation. Red Hat declined to comment. Mark Post -Original Me

Re: time config

2002-02-27 Thread Holger Baxmann
Am Mit, 2002-02-27 um 15.49 schrieb Hall, Jammie: > I was noticing that my time is off by 6hrs. In reading the RH 7.2 > customization guide I got from the RH s390 site, everything is > referencing GUI stuff. How many have a video card on the MF? I need text > based. I looked at my /etc/sysconfig/c

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Holger Baxmann
Am Mit, 2002-02-27 um 15.39 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > How can I make an ISO image from a CD? I would like to be able to then > mount that ISO image as loopback device. That way I don't have to have the > CD mounted all the time. > it is a simple: dd if= of=MyLovelyMVSImage.iso hth bax > >

A big thank you . . .

2002-02-27 Thread Steve Gentry
Yes, indeed, a big THANKS to Melinda for all she has done. She had helped me on numerous occasions with my initial Linux on VM install and fussed at me once about an issue unrelated to linux. 8-) Steve Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

How to Assign IFL's?

2002-02-27 Thread Hines Daniel (sys1dmh)
Two questions to the group ... 1) Is there anyway via the HMC to verify IFL's have been enabled and are available? 2) Do the IFL's have to be explicitly defined to the LPAR running z/VM and the Linux guests Thanks - Dan

Re: create an ISO from a CD

2002-02-27 Thread Georg Zumstrull
Just copy the CD to a file, e.g. if your CD drive is /dev/hdc (on i386 plattform of course) just type cp /dev/hdc mycdimage.iso Georg Zumstrull > -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February

Re: time config

2002-02-27 Thread Daniel Casey
Check out the TZ (Time Zone) variable. You can set this on a per user basis and I believe you can set it system wide. Not sure how on RH Linux, on other Unixes it might be an /etc/environment or /etc/default/... "Hall, Jammie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu

2002-02-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
For as long as we can remember, Melinda Varian of Princeton University has provided a virtual shelter for homeless VM Systems Programmers. When during the summer of 1999 some of us got very excited by the idea to run Linux on VM, Melinda generously donated a corner of PUCC to do our testing and de

time config

2002-02-27 Thread Hall, Jammie
I was noticing that my time is off by 6hrs. In reading the RH 7.2 customization guide I got from the RH s390 site, everything is referencing GUI stuff. How many have a video card on the MF? I need text based. I looked at my /etc/sysconfig/clock I have "America/Chicago". Sounded good at the time, p

Re: 64bit distributions.

2002-02-27 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Dignus account wrote: > Does anyone have the latest news on 64-bit Linux distributions? Who is > doing what and where to download? ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/s390x/ has the current version of 64bit Red Hat Linux. LLaP bero -- This message is provided t

64bit distributions.

2002-02-27 Thread Dignus account
Does anyone have the latest news on 64-bit Linux distributions? Who is doing what and where to download?

Re: 2.2.16 and virtual CPUs

2002-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
> > Can anybody advise me on defining virtual CPUs for use by > > a 2.2.16 level Linux kernel? Does it buy me anything to give > > a Linux image more than one (virtual) CPU, or should I just > > give each image one and let CP do the multiprocessing? TIA. > > I don't think it buys you anything > ot

Re: Moving /usr to another disk

2002-02-27 Thread Carlos Ordonez
Marcy, you can add DASD dynamically in 2.4 by: echo "add device range=0100-0104" >> /proc/dasd/devices <-- 0100-0104 is the device address of the new dasd , notice >> which means concat echo "set device range=0100-0104 on" >> /proc/dasd/devices Carlos :-) Carlos A. Ordonez IBM

Re: SuSE 7.2 Samba Hang

2002-02-27 Thread Carlos Ordonez
Yes, sorrylinux-2.4.7-s390-3.tar.gz and s390-4.tar.gz Carlos :-) Carlos A. Ordonez IBM Corporation Server Consolidation |-+---> | | "Post, Mark K" | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | om> | |

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread soup
> What are the ISAM options on Linux/390 and Linux/86? Well, considering that IBM bought Informix, it shouldn't be all that difficult to lobby IBM for an s/390 Linux version of the C-ISAM library. Given the story of how DB2 was first put up on Linux, I'd b

Re: Cobol and IMS for Linux

2002-02-27 Thread Jim Elliott
> Well, considering that IBM bought Informix, it shouldn't be all that > difficult to lobby IBM for an s/390 Linux version of the C-ISAM > library. C-ISAM has been available for Linux for S/390 for over a year. Note that this is NOT the same as the ISAM we remember not so fondly from the mainfram

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