Re: Copy DVD to optical image files

The DVD's themselves wouldn't have ISO images on them. At least, not like Microsoft ships DVD's with ISO's of install CD's (sometimes). No, these would be DVD's containing native files to be read directly off of the DVD by the installation program.

You basically have two options. 1) You can use something like imgburn to convert the multiple files that are on the DVD's into an ISO image. Then that image can be transferred to the IFS and mounted. or 2) You can put the DVD into the optical drive on the i and run the addimgclge command with the *FROMFILE option which will do basically the same thing except it will do it on the i.

I have seen some (rare) cases where an image burning application is installed on the PC that allows you to "copy" a DVD/CD by right clicking it and taking the option to "copy" the image, but under the covers it is just running an image burning program that *creates* the ISO image from the multiple files on the DVD/CD. DVD/CD's by themselves aren't ISO images (until they are burned as such).

Pete


PaultinNZ wrote:

Hi Guys,
Not in the office right now so I can't check what files/images are on the
+/- 20 DVDs received from IBM being cume ptf's etc.

Would these be in ISO image as supplied from IBM?


2010/1/10 Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 20:51, Laine, Rogers <rlaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

If the DVD-ROM files are in ISO format, then I would not need to use

imgburn, Correct?

If you already have ISO images, you don't need imgburn, correct.

The only time I see using this utility is if I were building my own

images, right?

No, you would need it if you just have the physical CD but no ISO image
yet.

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