Re: V4R3 alternate IPL device - CDROM

[Jerome Draper <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My experience was that I got a Bxxx 4704 message on the LCD display which means
that the tape is now found.  It never searched the CD at all.  I tried a non-LIC
 tape and it came back with a message that it was the wrong tape and, again,
never searched the CD no matter when I put it in.  The CD was in before I did
the IPL from the D side.  Are you saying that even after I get the 4704 message
that it will search the CD if I had been patient?

Jerry




Quoting Neil Palmer <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> And there's a tip to save 5 minutes during a release upgrade.  When you 
> see it searching for install tape, change to the next CD or else it will 
> search the tape again for an extra 5 minutes after issuing the message.
> 
> ...Neil
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> Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> They are BOTH "D". THe secret is to REMOVE the SAVE 21 tape that you just 
> did 
> from the tape drive and load the SLIC CD Before you IPL to "D". (don't ask 
> how 
> I know this)  The system will waste 5 minutes of your time searching the 
> empty 
> drive for a tape and then fall back to the CD automatically.
> 
>   - Larry
> 
> Jerome Draper wrote:
> > When upgrading from to V4R5 on a Model 170 what is the correct procedure 
> for
> > performing and IPL D operation such that the CDROM drive is used for the 
> IPL
> > and not the tape drive? The tape drive and the CDROM both exist on Bus 1 
> so
> > there is no opportunity to designate the CDROM as an alternate IPl 
> device
> > within DST.
> > 
> > Jerry
> 
> -- 
> Larry Bolhuis           | IBM Certified Solutions Expert
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Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems