21 Mar
2006
21 Mar
'06
10:48 p.m.
Doc Shipley wrote:
Wai-Sun Chia wrote:
I forgot to mention that in this context, when IBM says "unsupported"
they don't mean "we don't want to hear about it". They mean "This
machine will not boot into AIX v5.2 or v5.3, because all support for the
system bus has been removed from the kernel."
Now, since I am having trouble hanging onto a thought with a lasso
tonight, I'll let Sridhar have it. :)
Doc
Hmm...what is the oldest (i.e. affordable) model
to run v5.3 then?
Ok. Don't even need to "run", perhaps a brisk walk will do, then. :-)
(have been thinking of playing with AIX..)
7043-150, aka 43P-150. That or an F50 will probably be the cheapest.
the 43P is a desktop form-factor; F50 is a pretty hefty deskside. Both
are likely to be able to run the next couple of releases.