The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 - z/VM - IBM

6.1 Installing Linux on the PC
If you don’t have a Linux PC then you must get access to one on the network and install Linux
onto it. Describing that is outside the scope of this book. However, installing the same
distribution onto a PC server that you plan to install on System z is recommended. Doing so
will give you practice with the installation process and will give you a reference system that
may be helpful in understanding the differences between the Intel® (i386, i686) and System z
(s390x) architctures. In this chapter, a PC running RHEL 6 is used.
6.2 Downloading files associated with this book
This book has files associated with it to make the task of customizing and cloning your virtual
servers easier. The tar file on the Web at:
ftp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG247932/SG247932.tgz
Perform the following steps:
► The tar file virt-cookbook-RH6.tgz is only about 24 KB. Download the file and untar it.
The following example shows this being done from a newly created directory /nfs/:
# mkdir /nfs
# cd /nfs
... download or copy the file SH247932.tgz to /nfs/ ...
# tar xzf SG247932.tgz
► List the files in the new directory virt-cookbook-RH6/:
# cd virt-cookbook-RH6
# ls
README.txt clone-1.0-10.s390x.rpm disclaimer.txt vm/
The README.txt file briefly describes each of the files and the one directory. You may want to
briefly view that file. You now have downloaded and uncompressed the files associated with
this book.
6.3 Setting up a RHEL 6 install tree
You must have a valid Red Hat entitlement for Linux on IBM System z to access the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 ISO images. If you do not have one, you can request a free 180-day
evaluation copy at:
http://www.redhat.com/z
Follow the link named Free Evaluation on the left, then fill out the online form. If you do not
have a Red Hat login, you will need to create one by clicking the Register and Continue
button. Otherwise, enter your Red Hat login and password, then click Log In to continue.
After completing the form, you will automatically receive an e-mail with instructions on how to
access the Red Hat Network (RHN), where you can download the installation discs at:
https://rhn.redhat.com
You can also click the Contact Sales link on the left of the page or call 1-888-733-4281.
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