4.3.3 to 5.3



Folks,

We are about to upgrade one of our servers (6H1) from
4.3.3 ML11 to 5.3.3

What concerns me is the inability to boot from the CDroms
we have 4.3.3 ML3 to reinstall the mksysb if anything goes
wrong.

Has anyone else faced this dilemna?

Thanks!


Dave Zarnoch
Nationwide Provident
zarnocd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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