On Thursday, 02/03/2005 at 06:02 PST, Jerry Whitteridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just received my 5.1 order. Installation requires access to 18 track > tape (3480) and a Standalone IPL of the tapes. Our Linux LPAR has no > access to tapes. > > Is there any way I can use these tapes from a z/OS system to load the VM > dasd -- does DFDSS understand the DDR tape format ?
No. > It seems that there > is a custom installer on the tape -- Can that be copied to dasd in any > fashion. Shared dasd between the linux partition and the z/os images is > not a problem. Sorry, no. And the IIS (Initial Installation System) is going to want to read the rest of the tape(s) after it comes up. > (Waiting for either the DVD to arrive or start doing dynamic gens to > take hardware away from other users if this isn't possible). A dynamic I/O update or waiting for the DVD are your only options. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
