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- From: adelman@TGV.COM
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: Re: CALL FOR BETA TESTERS
- Message-ID: <2FC01A5905NOV92062618@TGV.COM>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 06:26:18 GMT
- Organization: The INFO-MULTINET Community
- Lines: 28
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- X-RFC822-From: adelman (Kenneth Adelman) @ TGV.COM
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- > In article <2FC0152F04NOV92202230@TGV.COM>, adelman@TGV.COM writes:
- >> A number of minor enhancements and bug fixes, and most importantly
- >> support for the Alpha. We are releasing it for the VAX as well so
- >> that our customers can be assured compatible versions of the product
- >> on both platforms.
-
- > [Some great new features deleted]
-
- > Conspicuously absent in your list is automatic supported installation onto an
- > alternate disk. Please tell me that when I run VMSINSTAL that it will prompt
- > for a destination disk/directory to install it on.
-
- It will not. Off system disk installation is further complicated by
- being able to perform rolling upgrades from VMS V5 to VMS V6 and perhaps
- even the potential for mixed-architecture clusters (AXP & VAX). The
- method of doing an off-system-disk installation by redefining the
- MULTINET_ROOT logical names will, however, be documented.
-
- > Also, Bruce mentioned earlier that TGV was working on an unloadable kernel
- > for minor upgrades without necessitating a system reboot. Did this make it
- > into 3.2? For those of us with high-availability requirements, this feature
- > would be a godsend.
-
- We're not sure yet. We're field testing it with V3.2 but plan on removing
- it from the final release for inclusion in a later release. A lot of this
- depends on the feedback we recieve during the field test period.
-
- Ken
-