Re: IBM 7.1 OS .iso images

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete, there are tables of contents, after a fashion, in all the upgrade 
or ptf media - if you looked at the optical drive in /QOPT, you'd see 
some things that you could look at to see this. I forget the names.

HTH
Vern

On 3/24/2011 7:31 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> So, good Doctor, what does the SORT(*YES) do, if you know?  Is there an
> attribute it uses to figure out the correct sequence?  I know the names
> aren't important, although I follow the same convention.  Curious as to
> how it knows how to sort.
>
> Pete Helgren
> Value Added Software, Inc
> www.asaap.com
> www.opensource4i.com
>
>
> On 3/24/2011 3:41 PM, DrFranken wrote:
> > Before you use the catalog you'll do a VFYIMGCLG with *UPGRADE and
> > SORT(*YES) so you can pretty much load them in any order you feel like :-)
> >
> > I've had conversations with the 'iso naming department' about their
> > wonderful names and they tell me all that is 'good stuff in there'. So I
> > rename them about as suggested by Brian I_BASE_01.iso.
> >
> >     - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
> >
> > On 3/24/2011 4:05 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> > > Yep.  Just make sure they are in the catalog in the correct order (not
> > > sure about volume ID's).  I haven't tried loading them randomly but I
> > > think they will be searched in order.
> > >
> > > Pete Helgren
> > > Value Added Software, Inc
> > > www.asaap.com
> > > www.opensource4i.com
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/24/2011 1:54 PM, John.BresinaJr wrote:
> > > > I just downloaded the 7.1 .iso images to my laptop.  When I FTP them to the IBM "I" partition can I shorten the names?
> > > > I really don't want to have them I_BASE_01_IBM-i_Licensed_Machine_code_112008
> > > >
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