HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90272)
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Task Checklists
- 3 Planning for Your Task
- 4 Preparing Your System
- 5 Modifying Your System
- 6 Finishing the Process
- A Manually Installed Products
- B Configuration Tables
- C Managing Disk Space
- D Backdating Your System
- E CD-ROM Resources
- F HP Patch/iX Reference
- G HP Stage/iX Reference
- H Error Messages and Warnings
- A

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About MPE/iX
MPE/iX, Multiprogramming Executive with Integrated POSIX, is the latest in a series of
forward-compatible operating systems for the HP 3000 line of computers.
In HP documentation and in talking with HP 3000 users, you will encounter references to
MPE XL, the direct predecessor of MPE/iX. MPE/iX is a superset of MPE XL. All programs
written for MPE XL will run without change under MPE/iX. You can continue to use MPE
XL system documentation, although it may not refer to features added to the operating
system to support POSIX (for example, hierarchical directories).
Finally, you may encounter references to MPE V, which is the operating system for HP
3000s not based on the PA-RISC architecture. MPE V applications can be run on PA-RISC
(Series 900) HP 3000s in what is known as compatibility mode.