On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 22:32:57 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >This is SOP for z/VM. I've never tried it for z/OS. The procedure was to >download z/VM, then burn it to DVD in ISO format. That was not easy for me >with the software on my PC. Then insert the DVD into a physically (locally) >connected HMC; remote will not work. > John seemed to be more interested in using an ISO image (virtual) than a physical DVD. I've mounted and read ISO images on Linux (PC, not Z). I wonder whether Linux for z supports that filesystype. But that's the chicken-and-egg problem. You need to get Linux running first. Perhaps the HMC? I understand that in Windows the ability flickers in and out of existence. Perhaps in 10.
>If the DVD is not true ISO format, you get a lot of inexplicable errors like >'file not found' even though a scan on any PC, Linux, or Unix machine shows >that it's there. Once I got the DVD burned correctly, load worked like a charm. > ImgBurn? But I haven't burned a physical CD/DVD in years. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
