On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:07:29 -0400, Wayne Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>As a sysprog, I used to enjoy the occasional ring war when I had to work >3rd shift for maintenance. That ended, however, when I got a call at >3:15 on a Sunday morning because the system crashed, and they couldn't >re-IPL due to I/O errors against the PLPA page dataset. So I drive in, >to discover that the problem was a write-inhibit switch enabled on the >3350 that had the PLPA dataset, with a tape ring on floor behind the >drive.... Needless to say, I got the operators to buy me dinner after I >agreed to make up an IPL reason on my own. > > Our cleaning service dusted the panel and flipped them. We installed plastic covers the next day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
