[plug] AS/400 and Linux

[Peter Tran]

Bret Busby wrote:

"We don't know, since Peter said nothing about it beyond asking for help
with getting Linux on it."

Funny how people just assume that you're stupid for trying something
different, Bret I thank you for looking outside the square.

A friend and I were donated two rather large AS/400's (and boy are those
things are heavy! 300kg of computing gear sure is hard to move on a 38
degree day!), we figured that if we could run an instance of Linux on one of
the partitions, we might be able to roll in a few more instances (on
different partitions) and have all our Linux machines running concurrently
at a co-located site.

Having that been said, it's really just a learning experience.

I don't see why it should be treated any different (the idea) to someone
wanting to run Linux on an Xbox. :)

Craig Ringer wrote:

"I'm afraid I can't help with that, and can only suggest poking around on
the web, since it seems nobody here has the experience you seek."

Craig, yep I am finding it pretty hard to digest all the new terms and
procedures in regards to anything to do with an AS/400.

It seems to be a very specialist computing field. 

Would look great on a resume right? :)


Regards

Peter.