Mount ISO CD/DVD images without drive
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Mount ISO CD/DVD images without drive
Is there a way to mount .ISO CD/DVD images directly, so without burning them to disk and mount them via CD/DVD drive?
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> Is there a way to mount .ISO CD/DVD images directly, so without
> burning them to disk and mount them via CD/DVD drive?
In what context? Installing VMS from a CD/DVD (non-ISO) image?
Running some version or other of VMS on some hardware or other?
Use LDDRIVER?
HELP @LD$HELP LD
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Re: Mount ISO CD/DVD images without drive
Not the VMS installation disk, obviously.
I have the .ISO files of the Layered products of VSI -VMS , but have no CD/DVD writer on my system, just a reader.
Of course, I could burn them onto CD on Windows (or Linux, or whatever) but do that if I would transfer the files to the VMS box and read them directly... I have thought about LD, but could locate the help....Thanks for that:
I have the .ISO files of the Layered products of VSI -VMS , but have no CD/DVD writer on my system, just a reader.
Of course, I could burn them onto CD on Windows (or Linux, or whatever) but do that if I would transfer the files to the VMS box and read them directly... I have thought about LD, but could locate the help....Thanks for that:
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$ LD CONNECT DKA0:[ALPHA_TOOLS]AVMS842L2LP1.ISO LDA21: lp1
$ MOUNT/OVER=ID LDA21:
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, AVMS842L2LP1 mounted on _$1$LDA21: (DIANA)
$ DIR LDA21:[000000]
Directory LDA21:[000000]
000000.DIR;1 ACMSDEVA.DIR;1 ACMSREMA.DIR;1 ACMSRTOA.DIR;1
AVAILMAN.DIR;1 BACKUP.SYS;1 BADBLK.SYS;1 BADLOG.SYS;1
BITMAP.SYS;1 CONTIN.SYS;1 CORIMG.SYS;1 DCE.DIR;1
DCPS.DIR;1 DECDFS.DIR;1 DFG.DIR;1 DQS.DIR;1
DTR.DIR;1 ENTERPRISE_DIR.DIR;1 FMS.DIR;1
FMSRT.DIR;1 FORMS.DIR;1 FORMSRT.DIR;1 INDEXF.SYS;1
KITS.DIR;1 MRU.DIR;1 SECURITY.SYS;1 SSM.DIR;1
T4.DIR;1 TDMS.DIR;1 TDMSRT.DIR;1 VOLSET.SYS;1
Total of 31 files.
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Re: Mount ISO CD/DVD images without drive
Copy the ISO to a sufficiently large disk after mounting said disk /FOREIGN.
DISMOUNT, then MOUNT/OVER=ID. You should then be able to access the files directly.
This also works for installations. Boot the system using that disk, then install/upgrade to your desired disk.
TJS
DISMOUNT, then MOUNT/OVER=ID. You should then be able to access the files directly.
This also works for installations. Boot the system using that disk, then install/upgrade to your desired disk.
TJS