Re: 170 crashed

This system is not like Windows.  A clean install is not that much better 
than an upgrade.

Clean install vs restore/upgrade

Pro's
- No old ptf save files to delete.
- No misc objects here and there taking up space.

Con's
- User profiles
- Configurations
- Plethora of stuff in various ifs directories, etc
- What data, (if any), actual goes through some sort of an internal 
upgrade during an OS upgrade?

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




"Steve Landess" <steve_landess@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Folks,

My 9406-170 (V5R1) was dead this evening when I arrived home. 

No Raid.  What a bummer.  Tried to IPL and I hear clicking noises and 
squealing, (and it's stuck on SRC C600450A) so I'm pretty sure that one of 
the disks (2X8.5gb) has failed.  I made a complete system backup (opt 21) 
3 days ago, so pratically nothing is lost. 

Just looked.  Now I have a system attention light, and SRC A6005090 
(System Startup failed in unattended IPL mode).  Following the diagnostic 
procedure, I am now IPL'ing in manual mode. 

Got the Disk Configuration Error Report, which indicates that unit 2 has 
failed.

Now I'm thinking that this is the perfect opportunity to do a clean 
install of V5R2.  I know which libraries I need to restore from the 
backups, so I think this is a no-brainer.  Anybody disagree?

Anybody got any working 6713-050's that they want to sell cheap?

Thanks,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935
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