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Subject: Re: booting from DVD.
From: DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:23:54 -0400
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Complexity? VIOS? No way.

Honestly here's what I do. In IBM i GO LICPGM option 40. Create custom install media. Includes PTFs and all LPPs. send it to a 20G Optical! Now put THAT in Vios. Never need to change media. :-)

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 8/9/2014 1:18 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I can see where that might have been of some small use for booting from
i_base_01 but really brings little to the party for upgrades and whatnot.
Might save some disk but really adds to the complexity.

Rob Berendt

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