From: Sandor W. Sklar (ssklar@STANFORD.EDU)
Date: Wed Sep 25 2002 - 18:38:50 EDT
On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 08:53 AM, Green, Simon wrote:
> There have been quite a few problems with ML09, I understand. You'd
> probably be better off going for ML10.
Right, thanks. That is what I did. (skipped 09 totally, based on what
I heard.)
>
> I had a similar problem with some p660-6H1s: between me reading the
> documentation and actually trying to install them IBM updated the
> manuals
> and said they needed a higher maintenance level. Not a problem when
> you
> know about it, but finding out the day before was quite annoying!
Its even worse when you find out the day after! ;-)
thanks,
-s-
>
> Simon
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sandor W. Sklar [mailto:ssklar@STANFORD.EDU]
>> Sent: 24 September 2002 15:16
>> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
>> Subject: Re: 554 error after cloning from mksysb ...
>>
>>
>> Hi, Simon ...
>>
>> Thanks for the info. It actually turns out that the new 6xx systems
>> (including the 6C1 that I have) require a minimum of AIX 4.3.3-ML09;
>> the system that the mksysb tape was at ML-08. IBM wasn't very helpful
>> with a solution, and the original system is now packed in a shipping
>> box, so I'm going to restore the mksysb to another, spare system,
>> perform the ML update, recreate the mksysb, and take it from there.
>>
>> This is a good heads-up for people who might be in a similar
>> situation.
>> I never even considered the possibility that the oslevel on the old
>> system might not be sufficient to boot the new system, even though I
>> was booted off of an AIX CD.
>
>
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