RE: MULIC tapes -- MIDRANGE-L

I'm a frayed knot.  The disk-initialise does not erase the expired system
password, I tried this on another old system I attempted to rebuild for a
client some time ago.  The problem shows itself when you IPL and an expired
system password is found - you can't get past it without a new disk or
system password.  I had an old system with a failed CPU, we replaced the CPU
with one from another scrapped system, of course a new serial number came
across with the 'new' CPU, and IBM wouldn't even recognise this AS/400 as
ours, despite our valid licence agreement.  Having tried to approach IBM
from various angles to get round the problem, we eventually decided to scrap
that system too.

IBM's attitude is killing the AS/400 second-user market - they will NOT
issue new system passwords for old systems.

Jeff Bull

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Handy [mailto:dhandy1@bellsouth.net]
Sent: 24 September 2001 15:57
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: MULIC tapes


Jeff,

>The 70 days grace period does not work a second time

I was not aware of that.  Might a DST format of the load source wipe out
that
info and allow a new reinstall?

>I confess I had forgotten about the system password,

Well, you *may* not need it.  Is the system in working order now and you
just
thought you were missing the MULIC?  If so you can probably keep the system
working "indefinately" by keeping it plugged into a power source and
scheduling
an IPL to occur one a week or whatever, then have it power back down by
itself.
I think you may be able to go close to a month -- I don't know the exact
timing

Doug

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