-=> On 28 May 96  20:38:04 David Noon said to George White <=-

 GW> Or, what I consider even worse, back-levelling a file without
 GW> asking :-(

 DN> Reinstalling to a base level implies this; you then need to reapply
 DN> any maintenance. This is standard operating practice for SMP/E users
 DN> supporting MVS on mainframes.

 DN> It might be ugly, but it really is what you are asking the reinstall
 DN> to do.

No it isn't - we dont really wat a re-intall at all, and certainly don't
want our systems reduced to 'as new ' condition. We just want to fix strange
behaviour we cant explain - like the 'delete' option missing from WPS
objects we don't want, and other inaccessible system admin data that
has probably tow or three bits wrong, but is non-obvious and docs
dont explain it. 

ANd most of all, because we have replaced a bit of hardware with a similar but
slightly different bit. and the system has become radically confused.

Eg we booted with the external CD drive powered off, and then tried to
access it, thus turning our CD Icon into a 'missing link' icon. Restoring
power and rebooting won't fix this ... so a tiny careless mistake becomes
a total loss of usability. Maybe IBM need to by a whole lot more of
those signs that say 'THINK'.

Andrew
 
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