Re: Linux on an IPCS

[msmith6@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Any idea if we could install Linux in a LPAR, install VMWare's ESX 
(for Linux) software and create Windows machines under that?  Would 
get rid of having IXA/IXS's

Mike. 

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> message: 7
> date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 23:23:48 -0500
> from: richard@xxxxxxxxxxx
> subject: Re: Linux on an IPCS
>
> Hello Pete, 
>
> For what it's worth, you can load VMware Server (now FREE) on a 
> Windows 
> 2000/2003 IPCS partition and then load a Linux partition on that. 
>
> The Linux server then looks just like any other Linux Server. 
>
> In fact the VMWare site has downloadable pre-built Linux images so 
> you 
> don't even need to do a full Linux setup. 
>
> Imagine Linux running in Windows running on an iSeries. 
>
> VMware is cool stuff and great for testing Windows and Linux OS 
> stuff. 
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
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