Re: OS/400 support?

From: Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: OS/400 support?
Date: 2003-01-07 01:42:01
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Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:

> OS/400 is the operating system on the IBM AS/400 series of midrange
> computers:
>
> Info:
> http://search400.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid3_gci331973,00.html
>
> IBM AS/400 page:
> http://www-132.ibm.com/content/home/store_IBMPublicUSA/en_US/eServer/iSeries/
>
> Not sure if it's Unix-y or not. Just had the question come through
> the Advocacy site request form. Will see if anyone else has further
> info, and then ask the requestor for further details if not.

AFAIK it's not Unix-y *at* *all*. The best/only way to run PG on that
hardware without an immense porting effort would be to run Linux
alongside OS/400 in an LPAR (logical partition).

-Doug

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