> The thought comes to mind that IF I were to follow my > OS/390 maintenance procedures, I might consider > cloning this system, then from my production system issue a mount of cloned > root > to /SERVICE and chroot to /SERVICE to apply these RPM's. > > Is that workable, prudent etc. or does it cause too much pain (for reasons > unknown to this rookie!).
Backing up the system can't hurt. Other than that, take it out of production (along with any sharing its filesystems), go to single-user mode (or shut down services not needed for the moment), upgrade and reboot. Or clone, update the clone and switch. This is probably better if you're sharing filesystems because those systems can be reipled at times more convenient to them. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
