RE: Re: Help with z/VM 5.3 Evaluation Edition

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> > I managed to copy the ramdisk to a real dasd so it's
> > no longer 0881 but rather 0801, so I guess I can do
> > whatever I want/need to and it'll "stick".
> 
> how did you that ? :) I tried with the standard installation
> procedure, but it seems IBM modified that in the eval...

I can't seem to locate the License Agreement I supposedly(*) agreed to, so
I'm not sure whether this is kosher or not, BUT...

The general procedure is as follows (note: being purposely vague here):

  create 3GB fba herc dasdinit
  IPL
  copy cpload module
  fix system config
  ddr copy ramdisk to dasd
  system will crash once the copy is done
  (this is expected and not a problem)
  Done! IPL from your new permanent dasd!

The procedure was given to me by someone else, so I'm not sure whether I can
share it since I'm not sure whether the license agreement is being violated
or not. Except for MAYBE the system config thing, I don't think it is. All
we're doing is copying it to a more convenient form, that's all. That
*should* be allowed I think.

If you continue to use it beyond (30?) (90?) days, or use it for production,
then I'm pretty sure THAT'D be a violation. But just copying it to disk?
Nah. I can't believe that doing THAT would violate the license.

But modifying the system config I'm a little unsure of. It's not something
I'm familiar with. None of the VM systems I've ever worked on ever had such
a beast. It seems kind of like hacking a registry entry in Windows to work
around a trial restriction or something, but since I'm unfamiliar with
SYSTEM CONFIG and what it's for I'm not sure. <shrug>

In any case, whenever it's IPLed it now says "0801" and not "0881", and
based on IBM's FAQ, that means it's no longer an evaluation edition.

-- 
"Fish" (David B. Trout) 
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