Thanks to the (as usual!) quick replys...
Spalding, Stephen
Randy Rodgers
janderson_at_NOVALIS.
Wayne Blumstengel
Matt J. L. Goebel
.. at least so far!!! All reported missing the Firmware CDROM.
Definitive answer from Bryan Lavell at Compaq:
> From: "Lavelle, Bryan" <Bryan.Lavelle_at_COMPAQ.com>
>
> It's an oversight. No one received it. The firmware will be sent out to
> customers with subscriptions in the next few weeks. 5.0 will run will the
> highest current firmware actually out there.
So I guess I will install the new version on my test system and wait
for the Firmware updates (and probably the first Patch Kit) before I
upset the apple cart on my production systems.
--CHRis
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> I just rec'd the distribution kit for Compaq Tru64 Version 5.0.
>
> According to the Read-This-First letter the kit should contain the
> Alpha Systems Firmware CDROM Version 5.5. My kit does not contain
> this CDROM. The Bill of Materials Parts Listing does not list this
> CDROM as part of the kit either.
>
> Did anyone receive a TU64 V5.0 kit with the firmware? Is this an
> oversight on the part of the kit builders? Is Firmware V5.5 required
> (as is usually the case with a major release of Tru64 UNIX)?
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Received on Wed Sep 01 1999 - 15:04:02 NZST