[Info-vax] INIT/LIMIT, SET VOLUME/LIMIT, /MAXIMUM_FILES, /CLUSTER_SIZE

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <ijosod$bie$1 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de
(Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes: 

> OK, will do a fresh initialisation of both disks.
> 
> $ init/sys/head=400000/nohigh/limit/clust=16
> 
> OK, first disk looks just the same as before.
> 
> INIT doesn't work on the second disk now, maybe because there is too 
> much activity on the bus.  Will try again later.

Apparently that second disk was flaky.  A few INIT tries gave "device is
offline" or "parity error".  Replaced it with an identical one and now 
it looks like the other disk, in particular maximum files is much higher 
than that given by the formula in HELP.

I didn't specify /MAXIMUM_FILES and the value is larger than the largest 
possible value, according to HELP.

Maybe there is some undocumented interplay between /LIMIT and maximum 
files.

I am still puzzled.