I don't know the answer, but will MVS 3.8 run on a z890? We're talking S/370 mode vs zARCH mode, right? I don't think the z890 will have S/370 mode in the HMC configuration screens.
--- [email protected] wrote: From: Vince Coen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: I just bought an IBM z890 Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 17:26:39 +0000 For an OS you can always try MVS 3.8J available from multi sources including Turnkey 4. It is a old OS pre OS390 etc but is free with no restrictions. On 07/11/15 16:43, Connor Krukosky wrote: > So an update from when I posted yesterday. > Me and a friend have (after many hours last night) figured out how to > reconfigure the IOCDS and create a new LPAR. > We also got as far as being able to load over FTP, but that's about > where we got because we are not sure how or where to get an SSH > connection to the machine to continue. > Also if I am installing Linux would I need 3270 OSC ports on the > machine? I figured Linux wouldn't use the 3270 protocol but am I wrong? > My friend also had a theory that you can use a 3270 console to access > the LPAR directly without anything running on it to assist in an > install, if this is true how do I know the IP address of the OSA card? > All I can find is the MAC address. > I've even preformed a network scan in the subnet to see if my router > gave it an address and I just need to find it but nothing appears on > the network that seems to be related to the machine. > (Also note, the SE on this machine doesn't have a built in 3270 > console sadly, its an older OS/2 SE that doesn't have this feature.) > > The real frustrating part is it seems 90% of the install docs for > Linux speak of installing through something like z/OS or z/VM where > you can define IP addresses and such and know exactly what is going > on. Where as this is an install through the SE (HMC) which is a blind > install almost. > > We've made a lot of progress, but there are still a few missing pieces > to the puzzle. > > Also as for later plans for storage and such, I am still waiting for a > few pieces to get here but I have an IBM 2108-G07 SAN Data Gateway > that should give me FCP based SCSI storage to install onto once I > figure out how to actually get an SSH into the Debian installer and > actually complete the install. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
