Re: V7R1 (7.1) discs

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Frzahc%2Frzahcswsmedialabel.htm


On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> This isn't where the package was so large it divv'd it up is it.
>
> Example:
>
> B_GROUP1_01_IBM_i_RS_710-10_20110408_164656238.iso
> B_GROUP2_01_IBM_i_RS_710-10_20110408_224807959.iso
> B_GROUP3_01_IBM_i_RS_710-10_20110409_072420074.iso
>
> So the above 3 are actually 1 set.
>
> If you look at the ibm website that list(s) out media maybe you could load
> up the ISO's and compare them against it.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:16 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I wonder if one of the IBM i Access discs is for PC installation?
> >
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> > --
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> > Ship to:  Dock 108
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From:   "Porterfield, Sean" <SPorterfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Date:   11/01/2012 05:13 PM
> > Subject:        V7R1 (7.1) discs
> > Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> > I used download director to get V7.1 and licensed programs.
> >
> > I started extracting images from the zip files and can't match up the
> > names easily to the document (included with the download).  I'd hate to
> > think using physical media is simpler (no doubt it's a major pain,
> > especially when remote to the system).
> >
> > I start with I_BASE_01 which seems to be
> > LCD8_1902_01_I_BASE_01_Licensed_Machine_Code_RS_710-F.iso
> > Then I want B_GROUPx_nn which I have as:
> > B_GROUP1_01_IBM_i_RS_710-10_20110408_164656238.iso
> > B_GROUP1_02_IBM_i_20110323_153145476.iso
> > B_GROUP1_03_IBM_i_20100402_204531916.iso
> > B_GROUP1_04_IBM_i_20100916_064637309.iso
> > B_GROUP1_05_IBM_i_20100321_174458221.iso
> > B_GROUP2_01_IBM_i_RS_710-10_20110408_224807959.iso
> > B_GROUP2_02_IBM_i_20110324_105023009.iso
> > B_GROUP3_01_IBM_i_RS_710-10_20110409_072420074.iso
> > B_GROUP3_02_IBM_i_20110324_105022995.iso
> >
> > When I look at the next part of the document, though, it says I'm looking
> > for B_GROUPx_01 for 5770-SS1 options Base, 1, 2; B_GROUPx_02 for options
> > 3, 5-9, 12, 18, 30; B_GROUPx_03 for options 14, 21, 22, 29, 33;
> > B_GROUPx_04 for many more options... and B_GROUPx_05 for more options.
> >
> > I guess I have those; I was looking in numerical order which apparently
> > isn't how IBM thinks.
> >
> > B_GROUPx_04 includes 5770-XH2 IBM i Access for Web and 5770-XW1 IBM i
> > Access Family.  I also have
> > 5770_XW1_GROUP1_IBM_i_Access_Family_20100401_083518187.iso; is that a
> > duplicate?  My list like that goes on and on; that's just one example.
> >
> > I have discs named with 5770_PT1_OPT_2, 5770_PT1_OPT_3, 5770_QU1,
> > 5770_SS1_PSF, 5770_WDS (4 of these), 5770_XH2, a bunch for Websphere
> > Application Server Express V6, Java Developer Kit.  Others that, if I
> > trust the name, I actually don't need because we don't have the software
> > installed (like DBB2_Web_Query on 3 discs).
> >
> > Do I just throw everything in an image catalog and let the system try to
> > make sense of it?  Every time I think I'm back on track I get derailed
> > again.  :)
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> > Sean Porterfield
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