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From: David Gibbs As Scott mentioned ... I was referring to the Linux upgrade process. Once installed and configured, Linux works fine for me. In contrast to System i ... (with the exception of 3rd party hardware vendor lies and user error) I've *NEVER* had a problem upgrading i5/os (os/400).
And the system is highly "SUT" (stupid user tolerant). I misread the documentation, and attempted to load an entire set of cumes and group PTFs at one time. The link loader blew up; I had loaded too many PTFs. A failure of this magnitude on just about any other operating system would involve at the very least rebuilding the machine from scratch and probably reinstalling all software and reloading the last data backup as well. With OS/400, I called IBM and they walked me through "slipping the LIC" - basically, reloading the operating system UNDERNEATH all the application data. After about an hour and a half, I was good to go without touching a single backup tape. I then reapplied my cumes and groups according to the directions, and didn't get a hiccup. Joe
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