If you have HP support on both machines, HP should have sent you a tape set for
each in the proper format. If you don't have both machines supported, you would
be violating the HP license for the machine not on support if you try to do the
update on it. Contact the HPRC for a resolution.

Freddy Tee Koon Yeow wrote:

> Dear Listees,
>
> In my environment, I have 2 HP3000 machines and both are running on MPE/iX
> 4.0. One of them (HP957) only has DDS tape drive while the other (HP925)
> only has Reel tape drive. HP has sent me the MPE/iX 5.5 OS upgrade in DDS
> tape format. My question is:
>
> 1. How do I upgrade the OS on HP925 using the DDS tape drive on HP957? Can I
> use DSLINE?
> 2. Alternatively, can I copy the MPE/iX 5.5 OS Media to reel tapes and run
> the OS upgrade using the reel tape?
>
> Any advice rendered is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.

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