Jerry: I replied to your later mail. However, here is some more info. If you could gen a tape drive for your z/VM LPAR and your operations are willing to manually mount/dismount tape, then you could IPL from the tape drive. Our Operations refused to consider this option. __________________________________________ Ranga Nathan / CSG Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services; BAX Global Inc. Irvine-California Tel: 714-442-7591 Fax: 714-442-2840
Jerry Whitteridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> 02/03/2005 06:02 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject z/VM 5.1 DDR options 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 ? 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. We always used the offlineldr stuff to install Linux previously and I missed this requirement. (Waiting for either the DVD to arrive or start doing dynamic gens to take hardware away from other users if this isn't possible). Thanks -- Jerry Whitteridge Safeway Inc. PH: 925 951 4184 Fax:925 951 4204 "MMS <safeway.com>" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Safeway corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain information proprietary to Safeway and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
