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From: iaf@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (- Mathematics)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Beware Sr10.3
Keywords: sr10.3
Message-ID: <2300@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
Date: 6 Mar 91 07:43:52 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, University College, UNSW, ADFA, Canberra, Australia
Lines: 41


Why is there always major problems upgrading the operating 
system?  
Why do other users in the USA say they have had no problems 
upgrading to sr10.3? (previous news)

Two major problems have been encountered -

	1) The upgrade somehow managed to whipe our registry
	clean except for 5 accounts!! This process was also repeated at
	another site on campus with the same results.
	Question: Are all the other sites which upgraded  and had no
		problem open or closed sites?
	Question: Did we get a bum distribution?
        The problem took 4 programmer days to restore, with no answers 
	from our local Australian Support office.
		
	2) sr10.3 and lpd do not mix. Our printers require full 
	XON/XOFF so they can tell the apollo when their buffer is full.
	So they need to have -insync   (tctl command) BUT each time
	a file is sent to any printer on any sio line insync is reset
	to FALSE thus some pages become lost...
	Question: Does anyone out there use lpd and have printers 
		directly connected to apollo sio lines?

	Question: Do most apollo users only use AEGIS and not Unix?
        Question: Does anyone have a solution?

Thanks in advance,
Annoyed and frustrated system administrator,
Ian.

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Ian French                        # Phone : +61 6 2688882
Mathematics Department,           # Fascimile :  +61 6 2688886
University College,               # E- Mail :  (INTERNET) iaf@maadfa.ma.adfa.oz.au 
University of New South Wales,    # 
Australian Defence Force Academy, #  "Upward compatibility is a ruse to keep always
Northcott Drive, CANBERRA ACT     #   on the move, always upgrading, always buying
Australia 2600                    #   and always busy"
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