Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!shair From: shair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: RS/6000 AIX release code Message-ID: <1990Aug7.044928.26107@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 7 Aug 90 04:49:28 GMT References: <1990Aug7.014808.16071@caen.engin.umich.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 57 wross@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Wendy Ross) writes: >Could someone please help clear up a huge amount of confusion! >What *is* the release code, and how do we know when we've got it? > I've discussed this with a not-always-reliable source, and been told that Golden code has the first update applied to it. lslpp -h bos.obj should yield something like this: Option Name State Event Date Release User Name ------------- ---------- ---------- --------- --------------- ---------- bos.obj INACTIVE COMMIT 02/02/90 03.01.0000.0000 root INACTIVE APPLY 07/17/90 03.01.0000.0001 root ACTIVE COMMIT 07/17/90 03.01.0000.0001 root I've seen the date of the application of the update as early as April. >Upon receiving a preloaded machine, we assumed that too had release >code on it. We became suspicious when we noticed subtle differences >between the preloaded machine and the 9021 machines. I've only looked at two preloaded machines, both with only a 120MB disk, both shipped 6/29/90 (at General Availability of AIX). Neither of this small sample had the update applied. >Just today someone else from IBM claimed that several releases of 9021 >were out, some more updated than others. They also claimed that some >machines preloaded earlier than others could be different. >Our SE received "release" tapes after receiving 9021 tapes. He still >claims that 9021 code is the same code, however. I have been told this, too. Depending on which of MANY versions of 9021 your SE may have (some of which are required to run on very early hardware shipped to beta and IBM internal sites) it may or may not be exactly the same as the release code. They all seem to be close, if this is horseshoes or hand grenades. >How do I make a bos image for network installation >from a "release" bootable tape? My customer has managed to do this. They had to call for help before figuring it out, though. I'll try to get info tomorrow. >Who really shot J.R.? I, said the sparrow. (Oh no, that was C.R.) >Many thanks to whomever can help. Hope there's more light than confusion here. >Wendy Ross -- Bob Shair shair@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Scientific Computing Specialist SHAIR@UIUCVMD (bitnet) IBM Champaign