Re: Informix migration from 486 to Pentium maybe a FAQ (sorry if so!)
Posted in 1995
Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Migration, Import/Export & Data Conversion
In article <D1tvvG.8CE@cix.compulink.co.uk> gnicholls@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Graham Nicholls") writes: >I have a client whose machine I'm about to upgrade to either a Pentium or >a twin pentium, from a 486 running SCO Unix. I realise that a twin >pentium will not be directly supported by informix; I understand that I >have to buy a twin cpu aware version, as well as the SCO mpx extensions. >My concern is that the Informix won't run on the pentium as it will >detect the presence of a pentium rather than a 486, and decide that it >violates the licensing agreement. Is this so? If it is, what do I have >to do/pay to upgrade the informix, please. >TIA > > >Graham I don't see a concern here (maybe I miss it), but anyway... We went from a 486 to Pentium with Informix on SCO, and it worked fine. ed -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Edward Garbowski, Jr. "What will people think?" | | exg9537@cs.rit.edu ...."What I tell them to think" | -------------------------------------------------------------------------