RE: Try THAT on NT...

I've done it with the power switch (by accident, of course).
(big grin, but true). Actually, you do have to take off the
front cover on an AlphaServer to reach the power on/off
switch, but this is necessary during some upgrades (if
console firmware gets upgraded).
Carl
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Of course we won't ask why this technical editor was running an AS/400
without a UPS. <G>

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: David Gibbs [mailto:david.gibbs@silvon.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 11:19 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Try THAT on NT...


The following is copied from News/400's July Street Talk ..,.

> Try that with NT! One NEWS/400 technical editor recently got to 
> see how well IBM's software engineers built the V4R2 upgrade 
> programs.  Three hours into his (OS/400) V4R2 upgrade, his power 
> went out.   Thinking that he would have to reload the operating system

> from scratch, he re-IPLed the machine. After a while, he was prompted 
> for another CD, and the AS/400 resumed upgrading where it had left 
> off.  Wow! 

Cool :)
--

David Gibbs
Sr. Software Engineer
Silvon Software
900 Oakmont Ln, Suite 400
Westmont, IL  60559
(630) 655-3313 x6479
http://www.silvon.com
mailto:david.gibbs@silvon.com

Opinions expressed are strictly my own and do 
not necessarily reflect those of my employer

You'll only see your obstacles each time you take 
     your eyes off of your goal! 

                   -- DMRoth
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