Best version of AIX for my RS6000

From: Paul Thompson <thompson_at_new.rr.com>
Date: Wed Oct 30 08:13:00 2002

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> Brian Chase wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I keep looking on Ebay for AIX media. I have a 7013-530 Powerstation.
> >>What's the best version for me to pick up? Will I be able to install it
> >>with out an official IBM license code/number/etc?
> >
> >
> > At /least/ AIX 4.3.3 should run alright on it. I'm not sure about the
> > newer AIX 5L releases; they may have dropped support for the older
> > systems. IBM's You don't need a license code; just the media and a
> > CD-ROM drive from which to boot it.
> >
> > -brian.
>
> Is 4.3.3 the last release of AIX 4? Thats the latest release I've seen
> on Ebay. I was hoping I would here that 4.3.2, or 4.3.1 were "best" for
> my machine.... they're cheaper :-)


I seem to recall that support for certain fairly common microchannel
graphics boards was dropped in later versions of AIX 4. 4.1.5 has a good
combination of Y2K and microchannel support if graphics is a concern.
Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 08:13:00 GMT