> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Guthrie > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Mounting a cdrom drive directly to z/OS > > > I have a programmer who want so mount a cdrom directly to > z/OS on a Flexes machine (or if necessary an MP3000). Is > this possible? Are cdroms mounted directly to z/OS on any > hardware platform? If so, how - a sequential device like a tape? > > Thanks > Dave Guthrie
Not possible. One way to access the contents of the CD would be to mount the CD on the FlexES host UNIX system. Then use NFS on the host to export the subdirectory and NFS on z/OS to import the CD to a z/OS UNIX subdirectory. The contents will then show up in the imported z/OS UNIX subdirectory. You can mount the NFS exported CD as "xlat(y)" to convert from ISO8859-1 to IBM-1047, or "xlat(n)" for binary. If you need a combination of both, then you can have two separate z/OS UNIX subdirectories which import mount the same host UNIX subdirectory, one with the "xlat(y)" and the other with "xlat(n)". I did something like this with a "normal" Linux subdirectory on a separate LPAR. I would attempt to go over how to do this, but it gets quite long and detailed. If you don't have NFS started, you must have the NFS server going on the host UNIX and the NFS client going on the z/OS UNIX guest. Note also that if the CD-ROM has OMA/2 emulated tape files on it, then you can use the FlexES mount command to mount the emulated tape on a virtual tape drive and read it under z/OS as if it were a tape (any kind of tape, 3420, 3480, 3490, ...) For a more detailed answer, I think we need to know more about the contents of the CD-ROM. I.e. it has Excel files on it (forget it!), or "text" files (very possible), or ??? -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
