RE: I AM IRONMAN!

Congrats, Joe.  Next you'll be working on a FrankenSeries!

Here's a trick that will impress your friends:

STRSST
1. Start a service tool
4. Display/Alter/Dump
1. Display/Alter storage
1. Machine Interface (MI) object
8. User profile (08)
1. Find by object name 
Type your user profile, then <enter> twice.
1. Hexadecimal, alter capable

On the third line down (0020) the first character is an 8.  If you change it
to an A the profile is marked as damaged.  It will work as normal until the
next IPL, and then be blown away.

In the CISC days at IBM, when we couldn't get a device to vary off we would
damage it this way and then IPL and let it auto create.  Haven't had to do
it in a long time though....

Have a good one,

Scott

-----Original Message-----
date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:51:20 -0500
from: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: I AM IRONMAN!

Ha!

Give me your tired, your worn, your aching batteries, I CAN REPLACE
THEM!  Yes, it is true!  I replaced the battery pack in my iSeries, the
first hardware job requiring me actually removing a board!

I am sooooooooo cool.

<laughing>

Actually, I HATE hardware work.  Hate it with a passion.  Ever since I
learned that a hair dryer is standard operating equipment (to find heat
related problems).  But I managed today, with only two calls to IBM
Support!

I AM IRONMAN!

Joe
   
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