Re: Is a 9406-525 64-bit or 32-bit?

[ALopez@xxxxxxxxxx]

> i5/OS is 64bit, but PASE can run both 32bit and 64bit binaries. Given
> a variety of variables, the 32bit or the 64bit binary might be
> slightly faster or slower. I have no idea why the mysql foks publish
> two binaries.

Especially when the "Installing and configuring MySQL for i5/OS" redbook 
has the following highlighted:

"Attention:  You must select i5/OS (POWER, 64-bit) for each SAVF or TAR 
download option."

Doesn't much matter anyway--TAR couldn't write the output from the 32-bit 
version either. 

> Why not download Zend's PHP. You get a much easier to install package of 
MySQL. Even if you do not want to use PHP you can still run MySQL. 

Because it didn't work either.  Anytime I try (either through Zend's 
install, MySQL's install, or directly from the command line in QSH) the 
following fails:
QOpenSys/usr/bin/tar -xf /tmp/mysql_i5os_install.tar.   It will start, but 
inevitably it aborts with:  "tar: 0511-197 
mysql-5.0.45-i5os-power-64bit/bin/mysqld-debug:  Cannot write data 
extracted with the tar command.  Thre is not enough space in the file 
system."

Since I have close to a terabyte of free DASD, I'm at a loss.  So is Zend. 
 So is IBM.  We're at V5R4M5 with all the latest PTF groups.