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  3. August 2007

Re: V5R4 and 8GB drives

A used tape drive is trivial in expense and you can certainly
do a save and restore. These boxes have been "DIY" for quite
some time.

The disk drives are fairly cheap, so this would be the best
way to go.

Go here for the books on "how to do it"...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/v4r5hwpdf/index.htm

Removing the covers is the biggest challenge.

If the IBM GARS site works next week, I'll shoot you some prices
if you wish.


Joe Pluta wrote:
I'm this/close to updating my SWMA in order to get V5R4 for my little model
270, when I find out this deal breaker: it requires a 17GB load source. I
thought I'd check with the experts: has anybody tried to load V5R4 on a
machine with 8GB drives? Or am I just stuck?

Joe



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