info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (03/22/85)
From: Patrick O'Neill <poneill@AMSAA.ARPA> We have a VAX-11/782 running VMS 4.0, and I am having a problem with the INSTALL Utility ( I had the same problem with V3.4, but I hoped that the "rewritten" 4.0 utility would solve the problem). I am trying to install a large FORTRAN image as /open/shared/writeable. The image is essentially a shared common block that several concurrent processes need access to. We have 4 MB of memory. When I try to install the image /open/shared/writeable, the system TOTALLY hangs. I mean, no one can even CONTROL_Y, the operator's console becomes locked, although both processors front panel shows them running. I am forced to crash the system with the console keys, and reboot. One interesting thing is that the image has a size of about 32000 blocks(!). If I cut the arrays down to yield an image with a size of 16000 blocks, the install works correctly. I have called DEC software support, and they are perplexed. They claim they will send a consultant to our site to help us, but that was 3 weeks ago, and I'm still getting hammered by management to get this simulation running. Does anyone have any advice concerning which system parameters I should play around with? Thank you all in advance, Patrick J. O'Neill
info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (03/22/85)
From: RAY@SRI-KL.ARPA The two system parameters that you should be looking at are GBLPAGES GBLSECTIONS Ray -------
info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (03/26/85)
From: decvax!ittvax!bunker!garys@BERKELEY I haven't any idea what INSTALL's problem is, but since you have more than one array, have you tried putting your shared data in more than one image? That (he says from the comfort of his armchair) shouldn't be too difficult, and will get your application running. Gary Samuelson