sda@edc.UUCP (Stephen Ayers) (09/10/90)
I am having problems accessing NFS mounted files from DOS/Merge under
AIX 1.2 on PS/2's. (updates throught 1005 installed)
It happens when I have an NFS mounted volume from a Sun and I try running
any DOS application to access a file in that directory. This includes
simple programs like "type". Each time DOS just hangs and must be killed.
Sometimes a warning message about inodes being too large to fit into
shorts is displayed.
Has anyone else run across this problem? Is there a solution?
Thanks!
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Stephen Ayers
Atex European Development Centre, A Kodak Company
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+44 506 41 6778kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (09/12/90)
sda@edc.UUCP (Stephen Ayers) writes: >I am having problems accessing NFS mounted files from DOS/Merge under >AIX 1.2 on PS/2's. (updates throught 1005 installed) I called IBM on this one recently. It is a known problem, with a fix to be distributed "soon". -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Dun and Bradstreet Software, Inc (404) 239-2347 {emory,gatech}!nanovx!msa3b!kevin "Don't hold your finger on the button if the motor ain't goin' roundy-roundy."
ben@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ben Fried) (09/12/90)
In article <1518@edc.edc.UUCP> sda@edc.UUCP (Stephen Ayers) writes: > I am having problems accessing NFS mounted files from DOS/Merge under > AIX 1.2 on PS/2's. (updates throught 1005 installed) > > It happens when I have an NFS mounted volume from a Sun and I try running > any DOS application to access a file in that directory. This includes > simple programs like "type". Each time DOS just hangs and must be killed. > Hooooo boy! Have I ever had problems with DOS/Merge and NFS! First, make sure that rpc.lockd and rpc.statd are running on the Sun; DOS/Merge seems to do a lot of file locking, and if Merge can't get a lock, it just waits until it can - thus things "freeze". Once, I even had to restart lockd on a machine that was not mounted by the server or the client, in order to get Merge to start working again. Second, make sure that the NFS-mounted files' paths don't have capital letters in them. That's right - I've been able to consistently get DOS/Merge to crap out when accessing directories with a mixed-case path. Totally bogus. > Sometimes a warning message about inodes being too large to fit into > shorts is displayed. I've never seen this message - well, I don't think I have, but my messages files fill up really quickly. > Has anyone else run across this problem? Is there a solution? I've reported the problems to IBM's software support center, but haven't gotten anything back other than that they will look at it, and that the 1006 update may solve these problems. I have the 1006 update - it's 22 disks, because it includes the 1005 update. I'm not up to another half day updatep session. > Thanks! Good luck. Ben -- Benjamin Fried ben@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu rutgers!columbia!ben
shawn@jdyx.UUCP (Shawn Hayes) (09/14/90)
This has probably been asked before, but who do you call to get the 1006 update. Also do you know what things are fixed/enhanced in the 1006 update that weren't in the 1005 update? Shawn
ben@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ben Fried) (09/14/90)
In article <1990Sep13.223713.868@jdyx.UUCP> shawn@jdyx.UUCP (Shawn Hayes) writes: > > This has probably been asked before, but who do you call to get the 1006 > update. Also do you know what things are fixed/enhanced in the 1006 update > that weren't in the 1005 update? > > Shawn Call 1-800-237-5511 to get the disks. You'll need to have your customer number handy. From the Memorandum that came with 1006: Apar Abstracts In addition to the fixes contained on the 1005 PTF, the following apar fixes are included on this set of update diskettes. IX08533 = chparm hangs in multiuser mode and corrupts VTOC IX08795 = 'YOU HAVE MAIL' received erroneously IX08806 = tar -r fails writing to diskette IX08893 = netconfig -query shuts down network interface IX08929 = auto key repeat disable in aixterms doesn't work IX09259 = xclock doesn't properly inherit class & inheritance IX09296 = unable to delete 3com card using devices IX09343 = updatep fails if .profile has /usr/dbin before /etc IX09498 = updatep terminates when "continue" is misspelled IX10087 = Microsoft Excel terminates abnormally using DOS Merge IX10154 = double click > DOSMERGE moves & chgs DOS ICON on ret IX12392 = /usr/ucb/mail and sendmail still 4.2BSD not 4.3BSD IX12393 = /etc/budate should be linked to <LOCAL> IX12394 = acctcom: pathname incorrect in commands reference IX12395 = sendmail to rscs requires more modification to sendmail.c IX12396 = chparm does not change vtoc mount point name IX12398 = Need to add Japanese and Iclandic keyboards Enjoy. (OK, maybe "good luck" is more appropriate here.) Ben -- Benjamin Fried ben@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu rutgers!columbia!ben