HMC on other IBM server?

[bonsky]

is there any other way that i can use other ibm servers or pc to make it my HMC? i am just wondering, coz it is linux based and it comes with recovery cd, have any one tried installing it to a pc based IBM machine or other server?
thanks!

 

[gilsont]

Hi,

I heard that some folks within IBM have achieved this - using 600E latops for example and I think v3 HMC code. I have tried the same thing myself but this fails early on in the install stage dropping me into a DOS type environment which I cannot troubleshoot my way out. I was using a 600E ThinkPad - you may have more success with a PC type machine.

It is worth a try 'out of interest' - but of course you will understand that IBM would not support the use of a non-standard HMC device, though I'm sure you weren't planning on connecting it to 'live' systems.

Tim

 

[rzs0502]

I tried this on a VMWare virtual PC but ran out of space (corporate workstations don't have much disk space
Just remember to create a SCSI virtual disk and not IDE.
Haven't tried MS Virtual PC or any of the others yet...
But because of the speed problem I've just stuck to SSH from my laptop to the HMC.
Hopefully we get a few new Power5+ machines with IVM so we can manage the machine with a normal web browser...


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