nagy%warner.hepnet@LBL.GOV (Frank J. Nagy, VAX Wizard & Guru) (06/21/88)
> On the very first page of the VMS Local Area VAXcluster manual > is stated that a Microvax II bootnode must have a RD54 or larger system disk. > And the VMS 4.6 KITINSTAL.COM refuses to install VMS 4.6 on a RD52 or RD53 > systemdisk if the Microvax II is a LAVC bootnode. > Why ? Disk space mostly. An RD53 barely has enought space for VMS and some layered products. Adding additional page/swap/dump files for satellite nodes is very likely to exhaust the disk space unless you are in a special situation. > Is it just a performance issue, is it just Digital trying to sell more > expensive disk-units or is there a serious reason like Satellite nodes > not being able to boot from a remote RD53 ? I know of at least two people who have modified the V4.6 KITINSTAL to install an LAVC bootnode on an RD53. Again the issues are disk space and (somewhat) the performance of the RD53. That's all. = Frank J. Nagy "VAX Guru & Wizard" = Fermilab Research Division EED/Controls = HEPNET: WARNER::NAGY (43198::NAGY) or FNAL::NAGY (43009::NAGY) = BitNet: NAGY@FNAL = USnail: Fermilab POB 500 MS/220 Batavia, IL 60510