22 Apr
2005
22 Apr
'05
5:55 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I have not owned a 3100, so anyone who knows more feel
free to chime
in, but as I understand it, one should put a 1GB disk as DUA0: on a
3100, but one may put larger disks on as data disks, since VMS will
not attempt to write to them when it's going down hard.
My understanding is that you can use over 1GB for system if critical files
needed during boot end up below the 1GB limit so that the firmware can
address them. You will also need to turn off crash dumps with the
appropriate sysgen parameter or always be sure your SYSDUMP.DMP or
PAGEFILE.SYS that you dump to maps completely under 1GB.
Probably most folks running a VAX aren't planning to log a support call
for their crash dumps anyway....
I've had a 9 and 18 GB disk on my 3100 and once VMS is running all is
fine.