RE: Linux in a sub-system?

I think that you're still caught up in the Terminology confusion.  A
guested LPAR is an LPAR in name only, its only physical resources are
shared memory and a fractional processor.  I believe this capability has
been around since V5R1, but you must have at least an S-Star processor
to take advantage of it.  That means some 820's and all 810 and 5xx
series boxes.

It doesn't actually run in a subsystem, it's more like a virtual IXS.
It uses the i5/OS for disk management and communicates through a virtual
ethernet connection.  It can also use either the physical iSeries CD-Rom
or virtual optical.  You need a 64-bit PowerPC version of Linux, ours is
set up to dual boot either SuSE or Red Hat.

The bottom line is that this requires no actual LPAR hardware
configuration, it can be run on any off-the-rack box with the proper
processor and OS levels.

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
System i Administrator
GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company


-----Original Message-----
date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:07:02 -0500
from: "Michael Rosinger" <mrosinger@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Linux in a sub-system?

<rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mailman.4903.1171637402.2713.midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Terminology confusion.

Rob,

Thanks for the explanation but I was quite clear in what I was asking.
This 
person said that Linux could be run as a sub-system within a single
existing 
i5OS system - no LPAR, no nothing. Being new to the iSeries world I
thought 
that a bit hard to believe so I wanted to clarify it in this forum of 
knowledgeable people.