[Info-vax] Update to TCP/IP problem with Alpha VMS 8.4

[vmsmangler at earthlink.net]

On Apr 25, 10:55 am, Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfi... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:39:09 AM UTC-7, vmsma... at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I don't know what the true sollution was. It could be from changing
> > the IP address from 10.1.1.10 to 10.1.1.4 or (and this is more likely)
> > copying the 7.3-2 host file.
> > What is interesting is this: the host file on 7.3-2 is 90 blocks on
> > disk. This same file on the 8.4 system is 108 disk blocks.
>
> Just on this last point, I *suspect* you are doing a DIRECTORY/SIZE
> on the file(s), no?  Try instead DIRECTORY/SIZE=ALL .  The size
> difference you are seeing, if I'm correct, is just the difference
> in the disk cluster size on the two system disks, not the used
> space in the file.   The cluster size is set when the disk is
> initialized.  (Of course, you could also do a DIFFERENCE and
> verify the contents of the two files are identical.)
>
>     -Ken

I have to retract my success announcement. I was still running the
7.3-2 system when the pinging and printing was successfull.
Changing the IP address made no difference. Likewise the change in the
host file size.

As to the change in file size, I moved the host file from DRA1: to
DRA2: before copying it to DRA0: DRA0/1: has a cluster size of 18.
DRA2 has a cluster size of 48. Hence the difference.

Now, alas, I still have the problem that the 8.4 system cannot ping
nor print to the printserver.

Bill