greg@apcitor.tor.apollo.com (Greg Foisy) (08/10/89)
In article <8908190242.AA09613@lnic1.hprc.uh.edu> wescott@LNIC1.HPRC.UH.EDU (Andrew M. Wescott) writes: >I will be willing to bet my last dollar that if you delete >/sys/ethernet8_microcode on your 3500/4000/4500 machines running >SR 10.1, all your problems will go away. Sorry to take all of your money like this, but there is a problem with the O/S on the DN10000 that will cause the registries to go away for a while, usually about 20 minutes and then come back. The problem has been corrected and there is a patch tape for the DN10000 with a new domain_os and domain_os.map on the tape. You can get the tape from your normal channels. > >If I still have my dollar left after you try this, I'm rather %&@!!! There is also a problem with the /sys/ethernet8_microcode as stated above, However you will most likely only run into the problem if you are running both DN3000/DN4000 and DN10000's in the same network. There is a patch available for this problem as well > >I normally don't like to rag on Apollo, but let me just suggest >that alot of the gab on the net about REALLY sending customer >bug reports, patch lists, etc. should really be taken seriously. >Alot of people have sweated days, not hours over this bug. >That shouldn't have happened. > Could people on the net please send me some e-mail and let me know if it is worth their while if I post the index for the patch tapes once a month so that people could se what patches are availble. This is not per say my responsibility at apollo, however, I feel it might be helpful to those on the net if they were more aware of the patches that could be obtained. Greg Foisy Disclaimer so that I don't get kick too hard for this... Of course, these views are mine and mine only. They do not in any way reflect the thoughts of apollo, Hewlett-Packard, or management. -- One of the most overlooked advantages to computers is... If they do foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little. - PORTERFIELD (Joe Martin) apollo computer, a workstation division of Hewlett-Packard +-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | UUCP: {yunexus lsuc ncrcan ontenv apcihq}!apcitor!greg| Greg Foisy | | INTERNET: greg@tor.apollo.com | apollo (canada) ltd.| | CANPOST: 1530 Markham Road, Suite 130, Scarborough | (416) 297-0700 | +-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
wescott@LNIC1.HPRC.UH.EDU (Andrew M. Wescott) (08/19/89)
Well I have been out of town awhile, so this may have been resolved privately.... All the problems with dn10000s and dn3500s, dn4000s on a net with registries running on both machine types I have seen before. I will be willing to bet my last dollar that if you delete /sys/ethernet8_microcode on your 3500/4000/4500 machines running SR 10.1, all your problems will go away. If I still have my dollar left after you try this, I'm rather %&@!!! I have told countless people about this, but why doesn't anyone from Chelmsford tell people about this. It seems like nobody at 1-800 knows about this. Actually, that's not quite true because there really is a patch for this, but it seems that the right people don't know about it. I normally don't like to rag on Apollo, but let me just suggest that alot of the gab on the net about REALLY sending customer bug reports, patch lists, etc. should really be taken seriously. Alot of people have sweated days, not hours over this bug. That shouldn't have happened. Sincerely, Andrew Wescott University of Houston Department of Chemical Engineering
goldfish@cspolo.cs.concordia.ca (Paul Goldsmith) (08/22/89)
In article <419@apcitor.tor.apollo.com> greg@apcitor.tor.apollo.com (Greg Foisy) writes: > Could people on the net please send me some e-mail and let me know > if it is worth their while if I post the index for the patch tapes > once a month so that people could se what patches are availble. This > is not per say my responsibility at apollo, however, I feel it might > be helpful to those on the net if they were more aware of the patches > that could be obtained. > > Greg Foisy Here Here Greg. Count my vote as a YES! > Of course, these views are mine and mine only. They do not in any way > reflect the thoughts of apollo, Hewlett-Packard, or management. Pity your views are not held by your employer. (maybe you could get promoted to a policy making position :-) -Goldfish goldfish@concour.concordia.ca - Goldfish