RE: V5R4 CDs

["Lukas Beeler" <l.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, there is.

ADDIMGLCGE can read from a CD and create images.

You can also use any other ISO generating program that runs on a PC and
use that, and copy them to the system using ftp or netservers.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:14 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: V5R4 CDs

> From: Jones, John (US)
>
> Physical media will take longer to install to the system and you run
> into the potential for media errors/defective disks.
>
> With image files you FTP everything to the iSeries while you're doing
> something else and let everything install in one relatively quick
pass.
> If this was an upgrade & not a scratch install I'd say to do the OS
via
> IMGCLG as well.

John, is there a way to rip physical PTF media to images for
installation
via IMGCLG?  Does it require a System i, or can you just rip the CDs
using
any standard ripping software?  I could get the CDs and load them just
in
case as a backup plan.

Although in my experience IBM's Download Director has been very stable,
and
it's restartable.  It's already downloaded nearly 10% of the first of 15
disks, and while it will be running for two days, it's just electrons.

Joe