The updates for 2.2.1 AIX on the RT are now available on AIXOOLS. They are for internal use only. Do not give them to customers. Most of the files are large (1-8 megs) - get only the ones you need. Try very hard to get them from shadows first. See AIXOOLS SHADOWS file on this disk. When traffic is heavy the requests will be delayed until evening. You should also try getting the file 221UPDTP REQUESTS from TOOLS at YKTVMV and from your nearest shadow and see if someone from your location already has the update before you request it from anywhere other than a local node. VIOLATORS OF THE ABOVE NETWORK TRAFFIC REDUCTION SUGGESTIONS WILL BE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC RIDICULE. The following are the LPP's that are/will be available: 1- MPP 2- TCP 3- DS 4- SNA 5- X 6- PCSIM 7- FORT 8- NFS To apply an update: 1) Download the file in binary using ftp or em78 2) uncompress the file (except vrm2.1714) 3) Logon as root 4) Quiese your system (for some of the updates) 5) updatep -ac -d path/filename (except diag and vrm diskettes) 6) write the diag and vrm files to diskettes with: dd if=disk-image of=/dev/fd0 bs=24b count=100 These are the FINAL bits. There will be no more updates. The updates can also be obtained on diskettes from Boulder. Append comments to 221UPDTP FORUM on IBMUNIX.