You could never boot z/OS from the DVD drive in the mainframe. You could boot DSS Standalone Restore from the DVD drive in the mainframe, and use it to restore dumped z/OS volumes from the DVD drive in the mainframe to DASD volumes, and then boot z/OS from a restored DASD volume.
Jim Mulder -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2025 12:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Open enterprise edition ISO About a decade ago you could boot z/OS from the DVD drive in the mainframe. z/VM had a trial version on DVD you could download. -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
