Re: creating LODRUN-able CD's from Windows

Jared:

IBM has a redbook out with LOTS of (confusing and complicated) information 
on this topic.  The bottom line, though, is that the format of a 
LODRUN-able CD must have a file named "qtemp" on it which is a stream file 
that can only be created by a SAVOBJ from LIB(QTEMP) of a program named 
QINSTAPP.  Now, how to create that stream file is the interesting story.

There are 2 ways - an easy way that requires a DVD-RAM drive on your 
iSeries platform - a harder way using tape as an intermediate medium.

The easy way is to put the QINSTAPP program into your qtemp library and 
then SAVOBJ the program to your OPTxx DVD-RAM drive.  This will create the 
stream file you need.  You can copy it to your Windows platform by mapping 
a network drive to the /QOPT file system on your iSeries and burn this 
file to the root directory of your CD (not CD-RW, please).  You can put 
anything else you wish on the same CD (e.g., a "readme.txt" file and/or 
whole directory structures of things).

The hard way is to do that same SAVOBJ to tape (but, first suppress 
"TWERP" - Tape Write Error Recovery Protection - IBM has outlined how in 
that cryptic redbook).  Copy the resulting tape file to a database file 
truncating the record size somewhat (again, read that book).  Copy the 
database file to a stream file in the IFS, probably named "qtemp" 
(CPYTOSTMF with no conversion).  Map a network drive to the IFS directory 
you chose and proceed as above.  If you expect to continue using the same 
job for other stuff that day, please un-suppress TWERP.

Dave Schnee

Jared hunter wrote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:47:11 -0500 (EST)
from: jared <jhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: creating LODRUN-able CD's from Windows

Does anyone know (or have a link to) whatever magic incantations are 
required to make LODRUN-able CDs from Windows?  The following did not 
work:

1. CRTBNDCL QINSTAPP
2. CRTDUPOBJ QINSTAPP into QTEMP
3. CHGOWN QINSTAPP to QSYS
4. CRTSAVF MYLIB/QTEMP
5. SAVOBJ QTEMP/QINSTAPP with TGTRLS(V5R1M0) to MYLIB/QTEMP
--- here's where it gets sketchy ---
6. download MYLIB/QTEMP via FTP in binary mode to PC, with "quote site 
namefmt 0" in effect (to make the downloaded file named "QTEMP" rather 
than "QTEMP.FILE")
7. download other SAVLIB'd libraries (ref'd by QINSTAPP) to PC with same 
method
8. burn disk from XP using 'ILA', then 'make compatible' (to make it 
ISO9660?)

It's very frustrating to see "/QTEMP is not a valid save/restore file".
There's mention in the midrange archive of using the 400 to burn QTEMP to 
a DVD, then using OpsNav to copy and paste that file onto a windows CD and 
"closing the session".  So it sounds like even though LODRUN DEV(*OPT) is 
reading from a CD, there still might be a dependency that QTEMP be "the 
first thing on the tape".

Anyway, as always, any info is appreciated.

-Jared