Angie Brown wrote:
>
> I just got off the phone (ok, yesterday) with my new sales rep (every
> now and then, HP surprises me with a call from a 'new' sales person, who
> then generally slips out of sight ... but that is another story), who is
> 99% certain that one cannot update MPE/iX directly from 4.0 to 5.5.
> Since that is precisely what I would like to do, I'm hoping on the 1%
> side of things.  Now, if faultering memory serves me, people on this
> list have confirmed that it is indeed possible to do this.  What I would
> like to know is has anyone here actually performed such a feat and
> survived to tell about it?
>
> TIA,
> Bob
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I am an Account Support Engineer with Hewlett-Packard and I have
updated several customers from 4.0 to 5.5 with no major problems.

It is possible that the person meant 4.5 to 5.5. I believe that
you have to go to 5.0 first in that case (I don't have any customers
on 4.5).

Hope this helps.

Mike Tilford, ASE
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Baltimore

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