RE: Oh where has my disk space gone?

Funny...

I tend to agree with Chuck...  But, on occasion, I waffle, and the fact is I
still got all that old license crap on my 170.

I only have 8G, so unless I can hook up an F70 to use for archive/backup,
I'm going to have to take Chuck's advice, fairly soon.  But the DASD has
been sufficient to this point...  As long as I can look at the PRTDSKINF
(and concentrating on the "x" biggest hogs) clear enough space in say.. 5 or
10 minutes, I'll leave the stuff on.  Here's a link from Tech Studio (thank
you, IBM...:-) of license program sizes
(http://www.as400.ibm.com/tstudio/tech_ref/lpsize/lpszdex.htm).  It's useful
to figure these as a % of total DASD, to determine if it's worth it the
trouble.  The percent is key, because what makes sense on my 8G may not make
sense on a bigger system that is only at 80% - 90% usage.


BTW, a 170 is a GREAT machine.. a really FINE development box...!
(Especially when only 1 person is using it...;-)  Long while back, Bob C.
recommended IBM put a POWER chip in a xSeries frame.. and price-point.  Now
that WOULD be something to behold...!


jt

Y'all "Have a GREAT day...!  And a BETTER ONE TOMORROW~~~:-)" (sm)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:57 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Oh where has my disk space gone?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Lewis" <clewis@iquest.net>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 3:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Oh where has my disk space gone?
>
>
> > and all due respect back at ya but that is EXACTLY what the Software
> > Installation guide suggests... :-)
>
> I'm not going by the book, I'm going by experience.  ;-)
>
> > As for applying PTF's perm, that is the IBM recommendation.
>
> Do you _always_ do what IBM tells you?  <vbg>
>
> Anyway, I would submit that prior to an upgrade, if you need to
> apply ptf's
> *perm to have enough room to load the software, that you will be
> completely
> out of room as soon as you finish loading the newly bloated OS
> for whatever
> release you are moving to, let alone loading two more cd's full of ptf's.
>
> As for your example, it was a case study for what I said. You got
> 1.4 G out
> of 20, which is not the same as 1.4 G out of 50. Rebecca was looking for
> 10G+.
>
> ===========================================================
> R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>
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