From: Bob Booth - UIUC (booth@UIUC.EDU)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 13:56:02 EDT
Actually, AIX 5.1 runs on all RS/6000 platforms. AIX 5.2 which was just
released no longer supports MCA (many older machines 3xx, 5XX, JXX)
bob
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 01:05:21PM -0400, Jolet, John wrote:
> 4.3.3 is the last version that will work on the older microchannel
> machines....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Schmitt [mailto:martin@SCHMITT.LI]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:44 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Newbie questions re. licensing & compatibility
>
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I've done a few contracts that involved some general fooling around with
> AIX and finally decided to get me a RS/6000 off eBay. Now, I don't have a
> clue where to get the AIX license/media. The easiest way would of course
> be, to borrow one from one of my clients, but I don't think I need to
> elaborate on why this doesn't appeal to me.
>
> So, how does licensing work? Is there just a fee for the media (like with
> Uniprocessor Solaris) or is there an additional license fee to be paid?
>
> And another question that I wasn't able to find an answer to on either
> IBM's AIX pages and the Redbooks: What about hardware compatibility? Are
> 5.1/5.2 compatible with the slow rs6k-Architecture box that I've acquired?
> What about 4.3.3? (Okay, dumb question, 4.3.3 came installed on the
> machines disk.) Can anyone point me to some kind of compatibility matrix?
> I'm not talking about performance (I'm pretty daunting at that and don't
> feel too uncomfortable with 2-figure MHz numbers), but about compatibility.
> The box in question is a 7012-360 with 128 MB RAM.
>
> Thanks in advance everyone,
>
> -martin
>
>
>
> --
> Life sucks and then you die.
> And that`s the good part.
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