Robert Nix wrote: <snip/>
Access to the DVD drive on the HMC is incredibly slow. I think it was meant as a means of bootstraping up a bare system when you first get it, rather than being intended for long-term use as a mainframe device. It's faster and easier to create the ISO on your laptop and FTP/NFS/SCP it up to one of you Linux guests. Remember that, while the HMC is "part of" the mainframe, it isn't directly attached; it's networked to the mainframe on a private network, and probably a slower one than you have attached to your OSA cards. </snip> Thanks Robert... I knew the drive was part of the HMC, but didn't realize it was network attached.... didn't think aout it really. I appreciate your explanation. Thanks again to all who replied to my question. susan
