Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-13 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Thank you Victor, this is what I was looking for. Now I have some more substantial strings to search for and I find Phillipp Kern's blog entry on the same topic: http://debblog.philkern.de/2015/08/automating-3270-part-of-debian-system-z.html even better! -Mike M ---

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-13 Thread Viktor Mihajlovski
On 13.05.2016 12:31, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > Viktor, Hendrik, > > Thanks for the replies. > > I go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/S390X/InstallationGuide and see some info > on preseeding, but not much on s390x type networking values. What are the > netcfg variables for these questions? > > Pleas

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-13 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Viktor, Hendrik, Thanks for the replies. I go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/S390X/InstallationGuide and see some info on preseeding, but not much on s390x type networking values. What are the netcfg variables for these questions? Please choose the type of your primary network interface thatt you w

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-13 Thread Hendrik Brueckner
Hi Mike, On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:32:54AM +0200, Viktor Mihajlovski wrote: > On 12.05.2016 20:17, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > > I've been trying 'preseeding' with no luck. To specify network values, you > > cannot expect to get them on the network, right? So you can't add one line > > to the parm

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-13 Thread Viktor Mihajlovski
On 12.05.2016 20:17, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying 'preseeding' with no luck. To specify network values, you > cannot expect to get them on the network, right? So you can't add one line > to the parm file like "auto url=http:///config/ubuntu01.cfg" > to point to a file on the

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-12 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hi, I've been trying 'preseeding' with no luck. To specify network values, you cannot expect to get them on the network, right? So you can't add one line to the parm file like "auto url=http:///config/ubuntu01.cfg" to point to a file on the network. Also I believe there's a limit of like 12 lines

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-12 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Thanks to all who replied - the info is helpful. -Mike On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 07:13:42AM -0400, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > > 2) In the "Clone vs. Build" debate, I have always gravitated to the Clone > > side - that is - Install a Linux,

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-11 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 07:13:42AM -0400, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > 2) In the "Clone vs. Build" debate, I have always gravitated to the Clone > side - that is - Install a Linux, customize it, then shut it down and call > it the "golden image" from which to copy. Others argue that building is > bett

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-11 Thread John Campbell
ther than proactive and "process aware") stance, cloning may be required in order to satisfy the need for expedient turnaround. -soup On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:13 AM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > Hello linux-390 list, > > I'm working on an Ubuntu on z paper, and have an obse

Re: Ubuntu on z

2016-05-11 Thread John McKown
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 6:13 AM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > Hello linux-390 list, > > I'm working on an Ubuntu on z paper, and have an observation and a couple > of questions. > > The observation: The other day I was trying to get my new Raspberry Pi 3 > going (in

Ubuntu on z

2016-05-11 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello linux-390 list, I'm working on an Ubuntu on z paper, and have an observation and a couple of questions. The observation: The other day I was trying to get my new Raspberry Pi 3 going (in case I don't get enough of computers at work I can now play with them at home :)). I've

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2015-04-13 Thread Christian Langer
hi, do you _really_ need Ubuntu? If you just need a Debian based OS, then perhaps you could use just that, the pure Debian s390x port. https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/s390/ Christian Am 06.04.2015 um 18:48 schrieb Martha McConaghy: > We have an upcoming project that may need Ubuntu runni

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2015-04-06 Thread Ron Wells
I gather in the works.maybe end this year---1st qtr next...but coming for sure From: Martha McConaghy To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/06/2015 02:01 PM Subject:Re: Ubuntu on z? Sent by:Linux on 390 Port That's one of the articles I saw, written in 2011. I

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2015-04-06 Thread Martha McConaghy
mes/#comments > > > >From: Rick Troth >To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >Date: 04/06/2015 12:12 PM >Subject:Re: Ubuntu on z? >Sent by:Linux on 390 Port > > > >On 04/06/2015 12:48 PM, Martha McConaghy wrote: >> We have an upcoming project

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2015-04-06 Thread Ron Wells
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYKE2_7.0.0/com.ibm.java.lnx.71.doc/user/supported_env_71.html From: Martha McConaghy To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/06/2015 11:56 AM Subject:Ubuntu on z? Sent by:Linux on 390 Port We have an upcoming project that

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2015-04-06 Thread Ron Wells
http://www.unixmen.com/will-ubuntu-make-to-mainframes/#comments From: Rick Troth To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/06/2015 12:12 PM Subject:Re: Ubuntu on z? Sent by:Linux on 390 Port On 04/06/2015 12:48 PM, Martha McConaghy wrote: > We have an upcoming proj

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2015-04-06 Thread Rick Troth
On 04/06/2015 12:48 PM, Martha McConaghy wrote: > We have an upcoming project that may need Ubuntu running on z/VM. I have > never heard of Ubuntu being supported on z before, so did some googling. It > looks like there was talk of it back in 2011, but I can't find anything later > than that. Ub

Ubuntu on z?

2015-04-06 Thread Martha McConaghy
We have an upcoming project that may need Ubuntu running on z/VM. I have never heard of Ubuntu being supported on z before, so did some googling. It looks like there was talk of it back in 2011, but I can't find anything later than that. Did anything ever come of this? Has anyone come up with a

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread Rodger Donaldson
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 12:48:24PM -0500, David Boyes wrote: > I also think apt does a better job of not clobbering customizations > if there's already a file in place. Not all RPMs play nice with > that. I personally prefer the .rpmsave/.rpmnew, mostly because I don't want to make calls about my

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread David Boyes
Yeah, you CAN do it (and there are people who try it often), but there are always a few glitches with the upgrade-in-place tools for RHEL and SLES. I've got Debian machines that have gone through repeated major release updates with 100% reliability. You can't beat: 1) Add new repository into /

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 9/8/2011 at 12:59 PM, David Boyes wrote: > I like Ubuntu/Debian better as well; you can actually upgrade a whole system > in place using apt-get and have some reasonable confidence that the system > will actually boot and work properly afterwards. I played with Ubuntu for a few days on

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread David Boyes
> -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Scott Rohling > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:07 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Ubuntu on z? > > Is Debian on server better then Ubuntu?

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread David Boyes
> Excellent! I have been running Ubuntu (desktop, server, netbook) on all my > computing devices for the last 3 years.. things 'just work'. And Debian > and it's package manager and .deb structure is just better than rpm IMHO. > Hope this works out - love to see a new face in the mix here...

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
Rohling Sent by: Linux on 390 Port 08-09-11 19:06 Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc: Subject: Re: Ubuntu on z? Is Debian on server better then Ubuntu? I'm happy to learn :-) I just prefer to run the same distro across

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread Scott Rohling
cott Rohling > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port > 08-09-11 18:06 > Please respond to Linux on 390 Port > > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >cc: >Subject:Re: Ubuntu on z? > > > Excellent! I have been running Ubuntu (desktop, server, netbook

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
cc: Subject: Re: Ubuntu on z? Excellent! I have been running Ubuntu (desktop, server, netbook) on all my computing devices for the last 3 years.. things 'just work'. And Debian and it's package manager and .deb structure is just better than rpm IMHO. Hope this works out

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread Edmund R. MacKenty
On Thursday, September 08, 2011 10:54:59 am Neale Ferguson wrote: > http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2011090700941OSHWUB Nice to hear someone else getting into the game! I've been using Ubuntu Server for my public-facing home system for a couple of years now, and it's really stable. Usin

Re: Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread Scott Rohling
Excellent! I have been running Ubuntu (desktop, server, netbook) on all my computing devices for the last 3 years.. things 'just work'. And Debian and it's package manager and .deb structure is just better than rpm IMHO. Hope this works out - love to see a new face in the mix here... tres coo

Ubuntu on z?

2011-09-08 Thread Neale Ferguson
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