Re: V5R1 DST passwords

----- Original Message -----
From: <thomas@inorbit.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: V5R1 DST passwords


> I find it hard to accept that the system values do not exist during DST at
IPL. I can accept the the OS/400 interfaces to the values are not available,
but the values themselves must surely "exist". Otherwise, the implication is
that they're created from nothing during IPL.
>
> Surely IBM knows how to locate and access the values. I mean, they wrote
the parts of OS/400 that make them available. How can it be possible that it
_can't_ be done during DST?

Well, that would make the IPL process dependant on the OS/400
implementation, wouldn't it? As Al pointed out, at one time you didn't even
need to have OS/400 to boot that hardware.

I'd agree on "it would be nice if..." but maybe the reality of the
implementation is that it isn't such a good idea.


>
> Tom Liotta
>
>
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> Tom Liotta
> The PowerTech Group, Inc.
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>
>


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