On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:04:27 -0500, Martin Kline wrote: >>While the SOD doesn't provide any detail on how z/OS will exploit this option, >>I seem to remember that right now z/VM is optionally delivered on DVD and >>that it can be installed using the z9/z10 internal DVD device... > >Looking at my z/VM product DVDs, and thinking, 'Yes, that's right." I installed >z/VM from the HMC, so why couldn't SMP/E under MVS access the HMC DVD >drive as well . . . So, just speculating, would 'FROMNETWORK' >become 'FROMHMC'? > Some might be uncomfortable with anything that adds wear and tear to a mechanical component of the HMC. Will the HMC accept an auxiliary DVD reader in a USB port?
An alternatived I think of is a Live DVD (like Knoppix), containing o The software product in RECEIVE FROMNETWORK format. o A Linux OS with FTP server configured. Ought to work on PC or on Intel Mac. o A wizard to configure TCP/IP. Insert the DVD in the reader; restart; configure TCP/IP and run RECEIVE FROMNETWORK on z/OS. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
