John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Mon Jun 1 22:45:26 CDT 2009
Thanks, I'll have to use IML when talking to him next time. He'll get a kick out of that :o) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:26 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] nice short term job opportunity - anyone interested? A cold boot is an IML. Warm boot is IPL. IML = Initial Microcode Load IPL = Initial Program Load For you young whipper snappers out there. I'd be plenty nervous about that hardware. It's the disk drives that will die first. Moving parts etc. Plenty of fans and stuff going on all over though I bet.