bala@synopsys.synopsys.com (Bala Vasireddi) (06/01/90)
My original posting: ------------------- In article <521@synopsys.COM> bala@synopsys.synopsys.com (Bala Vasireddi) writes: >We have a DN4500 with 2 disks attached to it. The 1st disk was running >Sr10.2 without any problems. Couple of days back we added a 2nd disk >so that we can put Sr10.1 on that disk. Our intention was to be able to >boot off either disk in Sr10.1 or Sr10.2 mode. > >The SR10.1 installtion on the 2nd disk went fine and the System does boot up >in Sr10.1 mode but gives the following message during bootup: > > "Boot device has no OS paging file. > > See Installation procedures cxhapter in Release Documentation for more > information. > > For now, the OS will not page, which may cause some performance > degradation" > > >So I checked the SR10.1 Release notes, but couldn't find anything related to >the above message. > >I copied the 'sysboot' file from the 1st disk (SR10.2) onto the 2nd disk >using 'cpboot'. Still the problem persists. > >After the System comes up whenever I try to access a file on another >Apollo ("kings") or cd to //kings this system suddenly freezes up for a >couple of minutes. During this time nothing else can be done, even locally. >Is this a direct result of the problem above? The Fix: The OS paging file is created when you initialize the disk using INVOL. This can be created by running "invol" and using option 8. See manpage for "invol" for more details. I would like to thank all the people who responded to my original posting. They are: From: Tom Lieuallen (CS) <lieualt@ECE.ORST.EDU> From: krowitz@richter.mit.edu (David Krowitz) From: chen@digital.sps.mot.com (Jinfu Chen) From: kumorek@apollo.com (James Kumorek) This list is great and all the help is much appreciated. From: bala@synopsys.synopsys.com (Bala Vasireddi) Newsgroups: bala@Synopsys.COM Subject: Re: Problems with running Sr10.1 on a DN4500 Summary: Responses to my original posting Expires: References: <521@synopsys.COM> Sender: bala@Synopsys.COM Followup-To: bala@Synopsys.COM Distribution: world Organization: Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, Ca Keywords: SR10.1, DN4500, Swapping, 2nd disk My original posting: ------------------- In article <521@synopsys.COM> bala@synopsys.synopsys.com (Bala Vasireddi) writes: >We have a DN4500 with 2 disks attached to it. The 1st disk was running >Sr10.2 without any problems. Couple of days back we added a 2nd disk >so that we can put Sr10.1 on that disk. Our intention was to be able to >boot off either disk in Sr10.1 or Sr10.2 mode. > >The SR10.1 installtion on the 2nd disk went fine and the System does boot up >in Sr10.1 mode but gives the following message during bootup: > > "Boot device has no OS paging file. > > See Installation procedures cxhapter in Release Documentation for more > information. > > For now, the OS will not page, which may cause some performance > degradation" > > >So I checked the SR10.1 Release notes, but couldn't find anything related to >the above message. > >I copied the 'sysboot' file from the 1st disk (SR10.2) onto the 2nd disk >using 'cpboot'. Still the problem persists. > >After the System comes up whenever I try to access a file on another >Apollo ("kings") or cd to //kings this system suddenly freezes up for a >couple of minutes. During this time nothing else can be done, even locally. >Is this a direct result of the problem above? The Fix: The OS paging file is created when you initialize the disk using INVOL. This can be created by running "invol" and using option 8. See manpage for "invol" for more details. I would like to thank all the people who responded to my original posting. They are: From: Tom Lieuallen (CS) <lieualt@ECE.ORST.EDU> From: krowitz@richter.mit.edu (David Krowitz) From: chen@digital.sps.mot.com (Jinfu Chen) From: kumorek@apollo.com (James Kumorek) This list is great and all the help is much appreciated. Bala Vasireddi, Phone: (415)962-5036 Synopsys, Inc. FAX: (415)965-8637 1098 Alta Ave DDN: bala@synopsys.com Mountain View, CA 94043 UUCP: ..!fernwood.mpk.ca.us!synopsys!bala