Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!strath-cs!ex-dcs!exua!JRowe From: JRowe@exua.exeter.ac.uk (John Rowe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: 3002 uses a *LOT* of memory Message-ID: Date: 26 Apr 91 22:16:24 GMT Sender: JRowe@exua.exeter.ac.uk Distribution: comp.unix.aix Organization: Computer Unit. - University of Exeter. UK Lines: 30 Here in the backwoods I've just received 3002 (and that after a lot of hassle). Previously we've had the one that came preinstalled when they arrived in August 1990, I think that was 3.1 with no patches. We run nfs but no X. After applying my patch and rebooting pstat -s (with just me on) shows around 5600 blocks ie > 22MB of virtual memory is in use! Plus, no one but root can log in, or rather they can but the connection gets closed immediately. Am I doing something stupid? Does this sound familiar to anyone? When this happened I tried reinstalling AIX from tape. It installs the base bit fine but when I tried to install the rest from smit startup it happily listed what was on there and let me choose it but when I tried to load it it complained it was not in backup format. Again, am I being stupid? Flame>>> I installed SunOS 4.1.1 onto an originally diskless IPC with a third party disk I had put on myself with no problems - and I'm running the same operating system as the rest of the world. And tech support talk to me and even solve my problems. So now I'm writing a letter to our Computer Unit who are doing their procurement this year. Still, it's only a computer. Many thanks to anyone who can help. John Rowe Exeter University Computational Physics Group England