On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 4:11 AM, R.S. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually it is available now. > Not exactly as ou described, but even more convenient. > Instead of DVD yu can use a directory on your PC. Note, it's directory, > not ISO file, but any free/shareware tool can unpack the ISO. > All you have to do is to start ftp server. > > So, i.e. for z/VM installation you don't need to have any physical media, > just a directory. No walks to HMC, just remote access. > z/Linux - the same. > > The notable exception is z/OS COD - Customized Offering Driver. While it > can be IPL-ed from both DVD and ftp, the next activity is to restore DVD > content to CKD disk and the source has to be DVD. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > I had read a bit about IPL'ing via an ftp server. Of course, now that I want to read up on it, I can't find the stupid PDF version. I really despise the new "webified" manuals. I can't figure out a way to search JUST THE ONE MANUAL. The "search" button searches the entire Infocenter site. Not what I want. -- Heisenberg may have been here. Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
