Re: fed up downloading from Entitled Software

[Thomas Garvey <tgarvey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks,everyone.
Using Download Them All plug-in to FireFox worked.
At least they're all on my PC.
Now I get to upload them to the IFS and unzip them.



Best Regards,

Thomas Garvey
/<http://www.unpath.com/>/

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On 10/18/2017 2:07 PM, Thomas Garvey wrote:
> I'm trying that plug-in now.
> I tried the http method and had failures there too.
> Not to mention the effort of getting all these files ftp'd up to my IFS.
>
> Thanks, Jerry. I'll let you know how it goes.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Thomas Garvey
>
> On 10/18/2017 12:28 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:
> > In Firefox there is a plugin called "download them all" which we used 
> > successfully to get all the files via http.
> >
> > Then you need to do the unzip thing, select the files you need, and 
> > ftp them to the IFS on your IBM I.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Oberholtzer's recent notes on this subject are also good:
> >
> > *********************************************
> >
> > You'll have to download at least six DVD images (BASE plus the five 
> > GROUPx_xx DVDs) and any individual software products that are not on the
> > standard media set.
> >
> > Most of them will be zip files, so unzip them and use FTP to move 
> > them to the IFS, ensuring BIN transfer.
> >
> > You do not have to change the names of any of them, unless you want 
> > to burn your own physical media, then most of the software won't deal 
> > with a UDF extension.  Change it to ISO.
> >
> > When loading the image catalog the easy way is to get the IFS populated.
> > Then create your image catalog, I always call mine V7R3LPP. Then use 
> > the API to fill the image catalog. (no typing those really long names 
> > into  the command line)
> >
> > Call QVIOFIMG PARM('V7R3LPP' '*ALL' 0)
> >
> > The zero at the end is a return code from the API.  The '*ALL' must 
> > be in upper case, don't know why but it only works that way. Clearly 
> > substitute the name of your image catalog where I put mine.
> >
> > Verification will not work until you go through option 5 of the GO 
> > LICPGM menu and load and agree to all the software agreements.
> >
> > *********************************************
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/18/2017 10:22 AM, Thomas Garvey wrote:
> > > OK, I'm fed up trying to download v7r3 from the IBM Entitled 
> > > Software Site.
> > > All I can successfully get is the Base file (includes IBASE, B 
> > > GROUP1 01, B GROUP 1 02, etc).
> > > I've been doing this for more than a week and it always ends up with...
> > >
> > > Error: Bad file - please re-download
> > >
> > > No matter which file I'm trying to download.
> > > Using Download Director
> > >
> > > How does anyone get through this mountain of downloads?
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Thomas Garvey