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From: donaldg@Stardent.COM (Donald Gale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: 10.2 to 10.3 upgrade q's (help)
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.191325.1239@Stardent.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 91 19:13:25 GMT
Organization: Stardent Computer, Newton MA
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Howdy,

    We've currently got an OS10.2 network running on approximately
60 Apollo nodes (3000's, 3500's, 4500's). We would like to upgrade
a couple of nodes to OS 10.3 to run Mentor Boardstation and Package
station.
    I'd like to know what people's experience has been with upgrading
10.2 nodes to 10.3 nodes. Specifically, should we strive to maintain
two different authorized areas, a 10.2 and a 10.3 version ?  Also, how
is the actual installation performed - can we install 10.3 "on top of"
an existing 10.2 OS node ?  As I see it, we could use the mrgii tool to
merge the 10.3 AA with the 10.2 AA and then install the software, but we 
lose the 10.2 AA. Alternatively, we could keep two separate AA's and main-
tain the ability to install either OS version. Am I correct in assuming that
the 10.2 to 10.3 upgrade can occur without involling the 10.2 disk ???

    Any info. would be appreciated. I find the release notes too sketchy
in areas. Please email.

Don Gale - Stardent Computer, Inc.
email: donaldg@stardent.com  
phone: (508) 371-9810 x268