There are several flavors of that in the mainframe world.

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There are several flavors of that in the mainframe world.

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alcaray

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5/3/2008 1:28:11 PM

In Reply to: An OS within an OS- interesting thought. posted by RobVG on 5/3/2008 9:57:45 AM

On the big boxes you can set up LPARS (logical partitions) that each act like a separate computer with their own OSs (MVS progeny).

And in the old days, on the smaller boxes, there was (I can't remember the name of it - drat!) a sort of a stripped down master OS that would allow you to run other OSs (usually some flavor of VSE) within it. Each of the OSs would be independent of the others.

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Can you load an OS on a flash drive? - RobVG - 5/3/2008 8:35:15 AM
- USB Live. - RobVG - 5/3/2008 8:17:10 PM
- re: Can you load an OS on a flash drive? - Cam "the man" - 5/3/2008 6:56:30 PM
  - Welcome 'The Zone' Cam. (n/t) - RobVG - 5/3/2008 8:18:55 PM
- Absolutely - RNE - 5/3/2008 9:45:51 AM
  - An OS within an OS- interesting thought. - RobVG - 5/3/2008 9:57:45 AM
    - There are several flavors of that in the mainframe world. - alcaray - 5/3/2008 1:28:11 PM
      - Ah hah! The master OS was called VM (virtual machine). Came to me in a flash. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/3/2008 1:35:33 PM
        (Nice Pun!) (n/t) - RobVG - 5/3/2008 8:19:27 PM
        Waiting for someone to hijack this thread and drive it on down. (n/t) - Tony - 5/5/2008 1:39:52 PM
        Don't look at me. Almost all of my puns are unintentional. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/5/2008 5:27:41 PM
- Apparently, yes - McFly - 5/3/2008 9:30:30 AM
  - Neat. - RobVG - 5/3/2008 9:53:57 AM
- Good question - TB - 5/3/2008 9:14:12 AM
  - Why?... WHY?...Because it would be kewl. (n/t) - RobVG - 5/3/2008 9:59:48 AM

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