"Lamar Owen" <lowen at pari.edu> wrote: >> What is the minimum for actual hardware? I have a small s390 here that I've been looking for a reason to power up. What sort of access is needed? << Typical install minimum is around 512 MB RAM and a few GB of DASD. If you're installing in an LPAR you'll need to use the HMC to boot install media from CD-ROM or tape. Under VM, you can use a CMS profile disk to move the initial boot files onto DASD, then run a REXX exec to punch them to a virtual RDR and then re-ipl. Once the install-time kernel has started, you need to drive the install via SSH, or remote X or VNC (I forget which mechanisms RHEL supports) and it needs to use either a physical interface or a guest LAN interface, IUCV or VCTC to do that as well as download the installation packages. Once installation is done, I don't know what resources would be required to rebuild the entire distro - that's where the developers come in. And obiously another LPAR or VM guest would be required to test the built 5.0 system. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909