Richard Gambrell refreshes my memory to say:

> Hints I'm aware of:
> - Be sure to run it from something other than the console.

A bond-fide HP terminal at that (curses dependent, defaults hp2392a)

> - I recall there is a patch for patch/ix that came out soon after 5.5.

5.5 pull or PP1, I don't recall which

> - Be sure the current group is in the HPPATH for manager.sys.

This one is cryptic.  Xavier's 967 had a "root"-like HPPATH without the
current path in HPPATH.  The failure mode is that patch/ix or stage/ix
cannot put the tape drive online (if you're cutting a tape) and fails
to make a CSLT/store tape.

> - It may help to only put the patches you want to install in the
> install group.

The patches go in PATCHXL.  You must be logged on in INSTALL.SYS and any
patch trucks downloaded from the HP ESC must be in INSTALL.

Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>