Re: Creating a Linux partition with HMC

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Peter
Do  you  have  the same  resources  in another partition 
which  activates prior to your LINUX( .2 of a processor ) partition ?
OR perhaps  same  resource  listed as  required or desired in 
the  other partition.


Glenn

At 05:55 PM 8/13/2006, Pete Helgren wrote:
> I have used the LPM to create a Linux Partition but I haven't done so
> with the HMC and the HMC approach seems very different, based on what I
> have been able to research.
>
> Anyone have a good "step by step" guide to using the HMC to create a
> Linux partition using virtual I/O ? I found a pretty good HMC tutorial
> in the Redbook "Logical Partitions on the i5" the subtitle of which is
> "A Guide to Planning and Configuring LPAR with HMC on System i".
> Interestingly, it doesn't address Linux using the HMC, only Linux using
> LPM (although the subtitle would indicate otherwise).
>
> I have a customer with an iSeries 520 9406 running V5R3M0.  They have
> two processors, 1 currently dedicated to an i5/OS partition for
> production, and 1 currently dedicated to an i5/OS development
> partition.  I'd like to change the development partition so that it was
> sharing the processor and then create a Linux partition that was using,
> say .2 of the processor.
>
> I set it up the way I thought I should but when I try to activate the
> Linux partition, it tells me that I don't have the resources available
> to do that.  So, I am guessing that my guesswork and assumptions were
> wrong as I blundered through trying to set it up. Rather than pepper
> this list with the details, if I had a good step by step example of
> slicing up a partition for Linux using the HMC, I could at least assume
> that I got the steps right, then walk through the details.
>
> Anyone point me to a good "step by step" guide to using the HMC to
> create a Linux partition using virtual I/O ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pete Helgren
>
>
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