On Wednesday, 02/11/2009 at 04:06 EST, "rapp0...@googlemail.com" <rapp0...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> You mention creating two DVD's, and IPLing from the DVD reader within the > HMC - do you mean IPL'ing from the DVD directly? > I do not think that that is possible, because we need to specify an MVS > device address in the Activation Profile. You can IPL any LPAR from DVD, and you can specify the DVD in the activation profile if you want it to IPL from DVD every time. (Such as is done on a z10 with the z/VM Evaluation Edition.) > Would it be true to say that I *must* burn the SLES DVD with a linux DVD > burner? If you're burning from an .iso file, no. The .iso file is a raw uncompressed image that doesn't care about the organization of the media contents, so it can contain an ISO 9660 or ISO 13346 (UDF) disk image. The capabilities of the system that is burning or creating the .iso file doesn't matter. Actually accessing the *content* of the newly-burned media is an equine that radiates energy at a different wavelength. If the DVD is in UDF format, I would expect Windows XP or Vista to be able to read it and follow the hard/soft links, as it is part of the UDF standard. If the DVD contains a UDF "bridge" to ISO 9660, then Windows probably won't follow the links since Windows' support for ISO 9660 does not include the "Rock Ridge extensions" that hold the POSIX data. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
