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

[vmsmangler at earthlink.net]

On Thursday, April 26, 2012 4:57:46 PM UTC-7, vmsma... at earthlink.net wrote:
> On Apr 25, 10:55 am, Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfi... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:39:09 AM UTC-7, vmsma... at earthlink.net wrote:
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> > > I don't know what the true sollution was. It could be from changing
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> > > the IP address from 10.1.1.10 to 10.1.1.4 or (and this is more likely)
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> > > copying the 7.3-2 host file.
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> > > What is interesting is this: the host file on 7.3-2 is 90 blocks on
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> > > disk. This same file on the 8.4 system is 108 disk blocks.
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> > Just on this last point, I *suspect* you are doing a DIRECTORY/SIZE
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> > on the file(s), no?  Try instead DIRECTORY/SIZE=ALL .  The size
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> > difference you are seeing, if I'm correct, is just the difference
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> > in the disk cluster size on the two system disks, not the used
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> > space in the file.   The cluster size is set when the disk is
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> > initialized.  (Of course, you could also do a DIFFERENCE and
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> > verify the contents of the two files are identical.)
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> >     -Ken
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> I have to retract my success announcement. I was still running the
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> 7.3-2 system when the pinging and printing was successfull.
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> Changing the IP address made no difference. Likewise the change in the
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> host file size.
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> As to the change in file size, I moved the host file from DRA1: to
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> DRA2: before copying it to DRA0: DRA0/1: has a cluster size of 18.
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> DRA2 has a cluster size of 48. Hence the difference.
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> Now, alas, I still have the problem that the 8.4 system cannot ping
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> nor print to the printserver.
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> Bill

It is now late August and the problem is solved. Starting in May and continuing through September I am
having to deal with medical problems. However, that has not stopped me from ordering a new iMac from Apple. Now that the new iMac is set up properly I am getting back to getting VMS 8.4 to run on my DS20.

I rebooted VMS 7.3-2 which is very reliable for network printing. I then re-read the TCP/IP installation manual and realized I had missed 2 key elements. One of the SYSTEM account quotas was too low so I increased that on the 7.3-2 system. THe other missed element was in modparams.dat. I needed to increase gblpages and gblsects. Which I did and then used autogen and restarted.

I then booted the new 8.4 CD and did a backup/image from DRA1 (7.3-2 syustem) to DRA0. When that finished I performed an upgrade to 8.4 on DRA0. The upgrade went very smooth and was successfuil. After the necessary reboot the upgrade was finally done.

At this point I testing pinging my old iMac G5, my new iMac, and the HP Jetdirect Printserver. All of the pings were successfull. As a further test I printed documents to both printers and they were successful. By the way the printers are not exactly new. They are an HP Laserjet 2100M and an HP Business Inkjet 2250.

I have since checked out all of the startup file with the templates and they are good.
I then installed the new C and Fortran compilers.

I also made up CD inserts for the 4 disks containing VMS 8.4. These inserts include the shark and hobbyist logos. Let me know if anyone is interested. They are in iWork/Pages format and also as a PDF.

But the best news is that VMS 8.4 is up and running great on my DS20.

Bill

William S. LaCounte
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
bill at lacounte.com