.ifi init_plm "SIB12.3" .srv section 1 .srv draft_date "" .srv draft "Introduction" .ifi l0h "Introduction" This document describes the MR12.3 package. Detailed instructions for installation of a system for the first time and upgrading to MR12.3 from an MR12.2 system constitute the major portion of this document. .spb No attempt is made to document features of MR12.3 other than those directly required for its installation. .spb Software Releases prior to MR12.1 are no longer supported. All sites running pre-MR12.1 software are strongly encouraged to upgrade to MR12.1 as soon as possible. .spb .ifi l1h "Site Support" .spb System Representatives who support Multics should apply for registration on the SiteSA project maintained in Phoenix on System M. The SiteSA project was created to allow sites to communicate with Multics System Support (MSS) personnel on matters of site support. MSS maintains and pays for usage on this project. Only System Representatives who support a Multics site are authorized to use the project. They are authorized to use it only for site support activities which require communication of information to MSS personnel. MSS would appreciate that the SiteSAs maintain the site's info segments in >udd>SiteSA>site_info (>udd>ssa>si). Information on maintaining these segments is in the info segment, >udd>ssa>si>site_info.info. .spb In addition to normal telephone and Multics mail communications with MSS personnel, SiteSAs are encouraged to use the unusual_crash_log forum meeting to report any unusual problems encountered at their site. SiteSAs not familiar with forum can type "help forum" for usage information. Forum is a subsystem somewhat like the mail system in which an electronic meeting can be held. To invoke forum, type: forum >udd>ssa>sa_meeting>uclog Type ? to print a list of requests allowed by forum. Other forum meetings of interest to SiteSAs are: .fif .spb PATHNAME SHORT NAME --------------------------------------------- ---------- >udd>ssa>sa_meeting>install_instructions ii >udd>ssa>sa_meeting>hardware_problems hwp >udd>ssa>sa_meeting>critical_fixes fixes .fin We would appreciate that sites as they complete installation of MR12.3 enter a transaction in the install_instructions (ii) forum meeting. This will allow other sites to see the amount of exposure the release is receiving and to communicate any problems encountered in the installation procedure. MSS also suggests, very strongly, that SiteSAs DO NOT attempt to reproduce site problems on System M which are known to crash the system at their site, cause processors to loop in ring 0, etc. Such problems should be reported via the Trouble Report system, and will be verified by MSS personnel using appropriate resources, so that System M service is not interrupted unnecessarily. Problems encountered while installing this release, or problems of a critical nature to a customer site (for a definition of critical, type: help tr.priorities) should be reported directly to MSS by mail or phone. European or Canadian sites should contact their local site support person for details on support from the Canadian, French or UK Technical Assistance Centers. Phoenix personnel include: .fif NAME AREA USER ID PHONE Frank Martinson Mgr, MSS Martinson.sm 602/862-4839 Paul Farley TRs, C&F, Site Support Farley.sm 602/862-4666 Joe Hirneisen Sys. Integration Release Prep Hirneisen.sm 602/862-4812 .fin .spb Note that all of the above numbers are available through HVN 862-XXXX (eg, 862-4839 for Martinson). .brp ----------------------------------------------------------- Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. 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