Jeff Quade ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : We're getting an HP 995/500 installed at our conputer center. : 1) Will this machine come with 5.0 installed? : 2) If so, will it be ths push release? - Don't know how these get shipped... when I was in the field, it used to be that HP installed the system with it's peripherals and that included the installation of the latest OS release - in this case it is 5.0 push. : 3) Will it contain any patches? - I would expect HP to install a patch tape on top of 5.0 push. : 4) Will we get a prod/subsys tape to reinstall products : is that becomes necessary? - That used to be the case and pretty sure still is. The customer should be left with SLT, FOS, SUBSYS and CSLT tapes of which the last one is a Customized SLT tape containing MPE/iX OS with all your subsystem libraries and system programs installed. Cheers, :-) Eero Laurila - HP CSY Networking lab, NS services.