Subj : Re: Linux on Mainframe
To   : Night Stalker
From : Nelgin
Date : Mon Mar 05 2018 14:12:15

On 07/21/2017 07:49 PM, Night Stalker wrote:
> On 07/13/17, Shinobi said the following...
>   
>   Sh> Hello All,
>   Sh>
>   Sh> I wonder what would be like to have Linux on Mainframe
>   Sh> for use now. The bare metal is quite difficult to obtain.
>   Sh> But since then I'd love to have my own server running
>   Sh> this machine.
>   Sh> After all... it's just a dream... reality like this
>   Sh> would be huge overkill.
>   Sh>
> 
> If you have the hardware, Linux will run on it.. There are flavors of Linux
> for just about every known architechure.. If you get it.. it will run :)

I went on a 4 day course on installing zLinux or something like that. It 
was an interesting experience and something I never used. Since I had 
never used a mainframe before there was a bit of a learning curve on 
using datastores and the 3270 terminal. For someone who already knows 
both mainframe terminology and Linux, it shouldn't be too difficult.

Just don't question the fact you have to use the uuid of the disk in 
/etc/fstab!

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