On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:52:13 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >> > >> 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. > >And, if desired, that could possibly work on a "desktop" PC as well. Nice >idea! But I'm not sure that IBM would want you to boot another/different OS on >the HMC's hardware. Perhaps a virtualized appliance? VMWare has such things. > Desktop, of course. Until I re-read, I didn't know I had been ambiguous; I never meant to suggest rebooting the HMC.
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