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From: boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz (Boyd Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Problem with configuring kernel parameters.
Message-ID: <1756@necisa.ho.necisa.oz>
Date: 6 Jun 90 01:20:06 GMT
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In article <256@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP () writes:
>I recently tried to change some kernel parameters and came up with an
>interesting error message:
>
>0048   FF00    _node   db    NODE, 00H
>space.asm(113): error A2050:  Value out of range

Yes, this is the dreaded `nodename less than 4 chars' nightmare.
One of our people got bitten by it a week or so back.

I'm of the distinct belief that I can have up to 9 characters in
my nodename.  After all, thats what <sys/utsname.h> _declares_.


Boyd Roberts			boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au

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