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From: madd@world.std.com (jim frost)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: AIX 3.1 update 3001
Keywords: aix AIX update
Message-ID: <1990Sep14.184346.23953@world.std.com>
Date: 14 Sep 90 18:43:46 GMT
References: <31@taklamakan.cs.utexas.edu>
Organization: Saber Software
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merworth@cs.utexas.edu (Boyd Merworth) writes:
>If you have an IBM RISC 6000 machine and are running AIX 3.1, then you
>should ask your local IBM SE to acquire Update 3001 or sometimes
>referred to as the "July Updates" for your system.  These updates
>WILL NOT BE automtically shipped to every customer.  They are
>available on a per request basis.

Sites with developer relationships with IBM (sorry, don't know what
the IBMese name is for that) should get this update automatically.

Caveat:  MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA SPACE ON /usr!  We ran out
during the update and corrupted the update as well as the information
to back off the update and had to do a full reinstall, a timely
process.

jim frost
saber software
jimf@saber.com