On 03/27/2018 07:09 PM, David Boyes wrote: > On 3/27/18, 12:02 PM, "IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul > Gilmartin" <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU on behalf of > 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >> On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:57:45 +0000, David Boyes wrote: >>> ... I think the bigger issue is that IBM no longer makes a device that can >>> directly read the DVD media from the mainframe without involving any other >>> system.. >> HMC? VM? Linux? "no longer"? > > The HMC DVD is not directly accessible to any operating system as a device > with VM or Linux, and the interface to it is not a published one.
For Linux there is at least some support. There is the hmcdrv module and the hmcdrvfs fuse tool in the s390-tools. I do not know how well this works and if I remember correctly you have to have the LPAR authorized for that access. I think it was authorized after you have done a load from DVD via HMC. I have no idea if there are other means to authorize an LPAR. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
