RE: Joe's V5R1 upgrade

["Walden H. Leverich III" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>but this can be absolutely deadly. What can possibly be gained
>by this? I'm looking for a design rationale.

With the two sides you can "always"[1] boot far enough into LIC to
add/remove PTF either from LIC or from the OS. I don't think anyone plans on
running production from side A.

-Walden

[1] Unelss you're Joe <G>

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-----Original Message-----
From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@attglobal.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:52 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Joe's V5R1 upgrade


From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
> There is only one copy of the OS and licensed programs, and it
> includes all PTFs.  When you boot to the A side, you are running PTF'd OS
> code on top of non-PTF'd LIC.  

but this can be absolutely deadly. What can possibly be gained
by this? I'm looking for a design rationale.

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