In a recent note, McKown, John said: > Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:13:13 -0500 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:42 AM > > > > 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? > > > > 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 > This has the advantage of scaling up easily to a hardware mainframe client, where it would surely be less expensive than a channel- attached controller for the CD-ROM drive.
OS X, when a blank CD-R is loaded creates and mounts a hard disk image. When the image is dismounted, it burns the CD-R. Exporting the image would allow burning a CD-R fairly transparently from the z/OS Unix. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
