z/Dev 11.4
IBM Mainframe emulation environment with tools and processes for deploying SUSE and Debian Linux.
Linux on IBM s/390 and z/Series architecture has been one of the more interesting and untested waters during a few of my favorite recent projects.
The significant differences between PC Linux implementations and deploying the “same” on IBM Mainframe hardware is a difficult thing to grasp, let alone communicate to management and support teams.
This build is upgraded to openSUSE 11.4, with some changes:
- Includes Xen kernel for inclusion in a Xen farm
- Autologin zdev, autostart zselector (this has been broken in studio for a looong time)
- man, manpages added
- tweaks for memory access, sizing, etc.
- timezone, language selection on boot (tedious, I know)
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Media
USB & disk image
This is an image of your disk, ready to be written to either a USB drive or your hard disk. When written, it will erase all data on a disk. During the first boot, your partition will bee automatically resized to fill available space.
Preload ISO
A bootable ISO containing the appliance disk image. Boots into a simple graphical environment and prompts for confirmation before writing the image onto the hard drive. Useful for performing automated system installs/preloads.
Warning: Overwrites all data on the target hard drive.
Virtual
VMware / VirtualBox / KVM image
Whether you use VMware, VirtualBox, or KVM, this vmdk is a ready-to-use virtual appliance.
Release notes
virtual box
Technical Details
Appliance configuration
Accounts
| User | Password |
|---|---|
| root | linux |
| zdev | zdev |
Basic settings
| Keyboard: | ask_on_first_boot |
|---|---|
| Time zone: | ask_on_first_boot |
| Language: | ask_on_first_boot |
| Network: | dhcp |
| Firewall: | disabled |
Software
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Thanks! I will try it :)