Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!apcitor!greg
From: greg@apcitor.tor.apollo.com (Greg Foisy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: dn10000 registry unavailable, etc ....
Message-ID: <419@apcitor.tor.apollo.com>
Date: 10 Aug 89 15:08:33 GMT
References: <8908190242.AA09613@lnic1.hprc.uh.edu>
Reply-To: greg@apcitor.tor.apollo.com (Greg Foisy)
Organization: apollo computer (canada) ltd.
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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)

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