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From: gn@yamnet.UUCP (/999999999)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Printer Problem And Minidisk Problem
Summary: 16 bits
Keywords: Previous Posting and New Problem (more examples)
Message-ID: <112@yamnet.UUCP>
Date: 8 Apr 89 15:43:51 GMT
References: <106@yamnet.UUCP> <568@scifi.UUCP>
Organization: Delphi Information Systems, R & D Div., Westlake Vlg, Ca.
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In article <568@scifi.UUCP>, njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich) writes:
> In article <106@yamnet.UUCP> rcsh@yamnet.UUCP writes:
> > (A lot of stuff about not being able to create a file system 
> > with a lot of inodes).  [Including Proto file examples ]
> 
> Well, unfortunately, AIX/RT is uses 16 bits for ino_t, as an unsigned
> short.  So there is no way you can have more than 2**16-1 (65535)
> inodes.  I suspect that poor df is underflowing or something.
> Unfortunately, however, I've never been successful in convincing mkfs
> to actually construct a file system with more than 32000 inodes.  I

This turns out to be the problem, and I have successfully created 
a minidisk/filesystem with 64000 inodes. You are correct, mkfs will
not except more then 32000 as a parameter, so you have to fool it.
The way I accomplished this is with a proto generated file. The 
problem isn't just with df though, if it was, I could live with it -
uucp also checks if there are enough inodes to do business and fails.

Thanks to those who helped me out on this.

Has anyone had any luck with the problem of the open to the printer 
that never fails?  No help from IBM on this (not surprisingly).

From the front line:

Level I & II support for AIX 2.2 ends 5/1. IBM policy states that they 
will support both the current version and the previous version
of AIX. Asking about what appears to be a contradiction, I was told
that there was no contradiction, they will be supporting 2.1
(previous version) and 2.2.1 (current).  The changes between 2.2 and
2.2.1 strike me as much more severe then that of 2.1 to 2.2. Bad news
when you have an installed base of +300 machines mostly running 2.2,
and none running 2.2.1 (we haven't upgraded our turn-key package yet).
This lack of support is discouraging, and would upset me much more if
support was actually able to resolve the problems I've been encountering
with AIX (gumbyware like snaconfig for one).  Anyone had any real luck
(other then quickly delivered updates) from IBM support?
Isn't there a charge to update to 2.2.1 ? (we have a couple of machines
running 2.2.1, but I don't handle the purchasing) 

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Greg Noel [Gn] Delphi Information Systems, Westlake Vlg, Ca. 
Nothing Works, and Nobody Cares -W. Allen
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Greg Noel [Gn] Delphi Information Systems, Westlake Vlg, Ca. 
The food is bad, and the portions are small.  -W Allen