Re: upgrade comOS ->3.3.3

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Sun, 6 Oct 1996 22:52:59 -0600 (MDT)

That leads me to a pointless question :)

How safe is it to upgrade your ComOS and wait for days/weeks to reboot it
so it uses the new OS?

On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Robert Hanson wrote:

> i upgraded 2 units yesterday...
>
> #1 was a pm2e-30... used pmwin1.1 with no probs...
>
> watched it for 8 hours. no probs... even till now.
>
> #2 was a pm2e with async on 0-9 and 20-29 and 5bri on 10-19 with
> pmwin1.1...
>
> it uploaded ok... gave error message about the comos something, said
> upgrade successful, and asked for reboot... i should have said no and
> waited till the morning for a reboot...
>
> the "new" manual is very good about how to use tftpd to get back to where
> you were... or as we did.... go to 3.3.3.....
>
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> Otis Orchards, Wa. Cutting Edge Communications www.cet.com
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>
>
> On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Robert Hayne wrote:
>
> > I am trying to upgrade the comOS to 3.3.3 from 3.3.2c1 via pmconsole. Repeated
> > attempts give me a connection refused message.
> >
> > Anyone ever seen this? I have even gone so far as to clear the !root password
> > to see if somehow a typo was involved. Anyone loaded this on a PM2E?
> >
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