Re: PM_2.3.3.2cl upgrade (fwd)

patrick@value.net
Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:34:44 -0700 (PDT)

On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, MegaZone wrote:

> Once upon a time Paul LaZar shaped the electrons to say...
> >I unsuccessfully tried to update to 3.3.2c1 and ended up having to RMA the
> >beast due to the munged flash. Now it is back and I want to put it on line...
>
> If it was an RMA it wasn't just munged FLASH, it would have been an actual
> HW failure of a FLASH chip.

Odd, it seems that 2.3.3.2c1 has been causing a disproportionate amount of
these "hardware bugs." I had been holding off, and was reticent to upgrade
to this version because of all the reports I have heard of 2.3.3.2c1
tickling this "hardware failure." My fears were confirmed unfortunately. I
have heard of very few instances of problems with previous ComOS upgrades,
with the occasional netboot necessary, and I have never experienced a
problem with any of *many* previous upgrades on our 10+ PM's. I wonder why
I, and so many others(I have received several messages from people that
have had similar problems and have seen messages on the list to the same
effect) are all of a sudden having hardware failures.

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