Lars Appel wrote:
>
> Jeff wrote...
>
> >Upgrade MPE/iX 5.5 to 6.0pp2     ->   3 man-hours
> >
> >(Okay, I cheated a bit, had an HPRC-built HPINSTAL CSLT tape).
>
> Well, you can add 1 or 2 hours for creating an HPINSTAL CSLT,
> if you prefer to not cheat. Notice however, that these one or
> two hours are not during system downtime, i.e. the CSLT can be
> created with users still on the system. Oh, and you don't have
> to be watching all the time... You basically get things going
> and then swap CDs somewhere in the middle of the process.
>
> There is no magic or black art involved with HPINSTAL.

I never understood why HPINSTAL didn't catch on.  I first used
HPINSTAL running from an HPIB CD drive back on a series 70!
It was great then and still is!

If you could combine HPINSTAL with Stage/ix, it would be a
terrific update process!

>
> Lars.

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