Re: Writable image catalog - usable as LODRUN?

[Brian Johnson <brian.johnson.mn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Did that and it worked great.  The writable volume made developing LODRUN
code much easier; compile to QTEMP, save to
/qopt/<writable-virtual-optical-volume>, LODRUN, repeat until bug-free.




On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Just got an installation CD from a vendor and asked our system guy to
> install the product. We do everything with image catalogs and apparently
> don't have an optical drive easy to use - I can't respond to any
> questions as to why that.
>
> So I believe we can create an image catalog, then an image catalog entry
> with FROMFILE(*NEW) and mount it on a virtual optical device.
>
> Now if we copy the contents of the CD to that image catalog -
> /QOPT/SOMECDID - either with FTP or a file share - is that virtual CD
> usable for installing with LODRUN? IIRC, I believe that an IMGCLG IFS
> object can be copied to a PC - it can be an ISO.
>
> I also gave him an installer for Daemon Tools Lite, which can create an
> image from the CD.
>
> Just wondering about the alternative I described - I hope well enough
> described!
>
> Thanks
> Vern
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