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'm sure either will work just fine, missing a few patches that you might
even be able to download from IBM.
> I don't think 5 has Microchannel support, or so I think I heard.
Yes it does! I'm using it right now on a POWERserver 370 (7012-370) at
work an it runs just fine. (That's a 62,5MHz POWER proc, 64bit memory
bus, and MCA for those who don't know.) I'm also fairly certain it'd work
on my 580 (7013-580) if I were to 'borrow' a copy to bring home. But of
course, I'd never steal software from Purdue. ;-)
One more note, I'm not using the graphics console any machine, I'm using a
serial console, and for anything important I telnet in to the machine.
I'm not sure how slow the graphics are, but I'm sure that I don't want to
find out. Also, I have not tried with less than 128MB of RAM in a machine
- but I'm sure it'd probably run in less (maybe as little as 32MB) but I'm
sure it'll get slower...
If you need any help with AIX things feel free to email me, I'm now
involved (somewhat) with some sysadmining of AIX boxen at work, so I might
be able to help with OT things (or talk to someone who has been for a
while).
Pat
--
"The Microsoft/IBM FORTRAN was adequate for teaching FORTRAN 77. But the
performance was AMAZING! It could actually take longer to run a benchmark
like sieve of Erastothanes with compiled FORTRAN than with interpreted
BASIC."
-- Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)
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