RE: V5R4 and 8GB drives

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Pat Barber
>
> A used tape drive is trivial in expense and you can certainly
> do a save and restore.

The more I look at it, the more this seems to be the way to go.  Of course,
this is my "back release" machine and is currently on V5R1, so I have that
additional complexity to consider.


> These boxes have been "DIY" for quite some time.

Ah, Pat, you're probably right but I consider it something of a victory if I
manage to plug the headphones into my MP3 player <grin>.  Seriously, I built
a small form-factor PC for my wife, but as you know PCs these days are
pretty much plug and play.  I have NEVER opened up a midrange with malice
aforethought, so it will be a new experience.


> The disk drives are fairly cheap, so this would be the best
> way to go.
>
> Go here for the books on "how to do it"...
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/v4r5hwpdf/index.
> htm

This looks great.  I definitely didn't know about this site, and I will be
doing some reading.


> Removing the covers is the biggest challenge.

I have a big hammer...


> If the IBM GARS site works next week, I'll shoot you some prices
> if you wish.

Please do so.  More and more it looks like maybe a used tape drive and a
some tapes might not be a bad idea.  I can probably offload most of my user
libraries using FTP, and then just save and restore the OS, base libraries
and IFS using GO SAVE/21.

Joe