Re: burning v5r4 cumulative ptfs to cd

["Jim Essinger" <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

I use image catalogs all the time.  I can load the images, and then do the
upgrade/PTF or what ever from home, and not have to come into the office on
Saturday, when no one else is here.  VPN into the HMC to control the
console, and do the PTF install from the comfort of my easy chair.

Jim

On 7/24/07, Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> > Others are probably going to suggest this, but here goes.  I just
> > created an image catalogue and downloaded them straight into the IFS (a
> > mapped drive in Windows).
>
> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but...   do image catalogs make sense
> if you have only one machine to install to?   I see people discuss them
> frequently on this and other forums, but I really don't understand the
> point.  Why waste gigabytes of disk space on CD images when you can just
> load the PTFs directly from the CD?
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