The penguins have turned the S/390 into a screaming, take-no-prisoners Linux machine. Compiled binaries are available that contain everything to install a complete GNU/Linux OS.
Mainframe hard- and software supports multiple ways of running an OS. A Linux for S/390 will run either on native hardware, e.g. LPAR (logical partition), or as a VM guest (virtual machine).

Downloads updated May 1, 2001

Download installation manual

• Requirements and Restrictions
• Installation, Configuration, and Use
• Network LCS Device Driver

Download binaries for install

• Linux kernel with tape IPL image.tape
• Linux kernel with VM Reader IPL image.vm
• Initial RAMDISK initrd.gz
• Marist root filesyste maristfs.tgz

Get the source code