So what your saying is make Patch/iX available from the anonymous ftp site
also (just like UNPACKP)? Good idea! Why didn't I think of that before? I'll
see about getting this change into next month's update.

Michael Dovano
MPE/iX OS Patch and Installation
Commercial Systems Division, Hewlett-Packard
19447 Pruneridge Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Andrew [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 4:26 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Downloading Patches
>
>
> At 02:24 AM 10/29/1999 GMT, Harriett Hurdle wrote:
> >Yeah, I had the same problem today in trying to download the
> latest version
> >of Patch/iX for 5.5 from the jazz web server. I downloaded
> it to my PC via
> ..
> >a better way to get the latest version of Patch/ix (B.00.17)
> other than
> >getting it on tape from the Response Center and what might I
> be doing wrong?
> >
>
> I had the same problems too!  I used Netscape 4.7 to download
> the patches
> and the Patch/iX for 6.0.  I never could get Patch/iX via the
> web (RC sent
> me a tape).  I was able to download the patches by using the FTP
> alternative.  I'm no expert on HTTP, but it seems that there
> is a timeout
> (approx. 3 minutes) when using the default download option,
> the only option
> for Patch/iX, since I got a different file size each time I did the
> download.  Since I have a 128K ISDN connection and because of
> the volume of
> traffic on the Internet during the day, I had to download the
> files early
> in the morning to be able to complete in 3 minutes.  If you
> can't download
> Patch/iX via the web, your only choice is to request it via
> tape.  The FTP
> alternative for patches worked fine for me.  It would be nice if the
> Patch/iX download also had this alternative.
>
> And I thought I was the only one having these problems!
>
>
> Robert D. Andrew
> Computing Options Company
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