Yes, it does. Traceroute is able to run on SunOS4.1 and abovewithout any kernel patching.        Thanks a lot for all the helps I received.- Beng Hang (email: taybengh@nusdiscs.bitnet)  Dept of ...

On Apr 22, 11:25am, I wrote:| I am having problems with a SPARCstation 1+ generating SCSI errors.| | Configuration:| Sun 4/65 (SPARCstation 1+)| SunOS 4.1.1 (Rev B) (recently upgraded from 4.0.3)| | I have recently upgraded this machine from 4.0.3 to 4.1.1, and added a| Wren VII drive at the ...

Yesterday I asked some questions about adding a Xylogics 7053 disk controllerto a Sun 3/160. Specifically, I was interested in whether or not a patchtape was necessary for SunOS 4.0.1, and if the controller could reside inslots 10-12 which have a common P2 bus. The answer is yes to both ...

I recently posted a request for assistance in turning a standalone IPCinto a server which would service a dataless SS2. I asked thefollowing questions, and received the associated answers:>- Does the SS2 really need SunOS 4.1.1?The emphatic response was YES. In particular it prefers SunOS ...

        From sunkist!UCSD.EDU!glittle Mon May 6 16:15:03 1991        Return-Path: <sunkist!UCSD.EDU!glittle>        Received: from xphoton.COM by midi.xphoton.COM ...

 My last note described various problems getting PC-NFS (3.0.x)to print or even find and use the YP servers after switching fromSun 386i's (SunOS 4.0.1) to SPARCstations (SunOS 4.1.1). I receivedmany responses, summarized below. The immediate problems are solved. Problems: Slow to ...

This is a summary of responses to my question about Uninterruptible PowerSupplies for Sun computer systems.###########################################################################ORIGINAL QUESTION:This is a slightly off center request, please forgive.Summer thunderstorms are nearly upon us ...

Thanks to all for the quick response to my SPARC assembly languagereference question!Original question:> We are looking into the possibility of teaching SPARC assembly language> as part of our Computer Organization course here at St. Olaf. Does anyone> know of any good references? ...

Many people asked for a summary on the responses that I got on my proxytelnet/ftp query.First my original note:]]]We are setting up an internet gateway at work. Currently, we're going]to set it up as a firewall system. A problem with this setup is that]anybody in the company who wants to ...

Earlier today, I asked:>System: 4/380>OS: 4.1.1>>Patches:>>100173-03 NFS Jumbo Patch.>100174-01 Fix tmpfs bugs.>100188-01 TIOCCONS bug.>100192-01 Fix color problem (white on white instead of white on black).>>Problem:>One of our users reported the ...

Subject: SUMMARY: Disk/Bus SCSI ErrorsI wrote:> ...> SunOS4.1.1 has the disks running synchronously such that speeds that I am> getting is a maximum transmit rate of 4.167 mb/s on the two Seagates. The> Quantum is posted (upon boot) to give me a maximum transmit rate of 3.572> ...

Did anyone ver get this and was it worthwhile?Thanks,  Rick----- Begin Included Message ----->From sun-managers-request@ucsd.edu Tue Dec 4 14:01:33 1990Sender: sun-managers-relay@eecs.nwu.eduFrom: Wayne Little <rwl@ee.umr.edu>To: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.eduSubject: SUMMARY: ...

Well, I'm fairly embarrassed, although I did finally figure it out.the answer that no one hit on is that you have to have UFS in orderto mount anything. I had added fd support to a diskless kernel, soall it had was NFSCLIENT. adding UFS fixed things, and I can mountthe floppy just fine.thanks ...

Folks,        I'd like to take a little time to describe a problem that wastroubling us for a couple of months until we finally tracked it downyesterday afternoon.        We have a Sun 4/470 running SunOS ...

Thanks to all for the quick response to my SPARC assembly languagereference question!Original question:> We are looking into the possibility of teaching SPARC assembly language> as part of our Computer Organization course here at St. Olaf. Does anyone> know of any good references? ...

Well this isn't exactly a summary, since I re-discovered the solutionright after I made the posting... Most people suggested doing thingslike using dmesg or using ifconfig or using my /etc/ethers file.These solutions do not really fit since:1) There may not be any boot-up messages for dmesg ...

The list is great, as usual. I got my answer within hours.Many thanks to those who replied.I originally complained about NeWS not coming up right on an SS2/GXunder 4.1.1.----bice@atlantis.ees.anl.gov (Brent A. Bice) noted that they've neverbeen able to get NeWS 1.1 working under 4.1 or 4.1.1 ...

Thanks to all those who responded. Here's the original question:>Environment: Sun 4/490 running SunOS 4.1 with patch 100089-04> installed. /tmp is tmpfs, /usr/tmp -> /var/tmp -> /tmp>>Problem: Processes hang while swapped out. They are un-interuptible,>and ...

Well, I seem to have hit the jackpot on questions to ask. I receivedmany responses, some of which I've summarized here. My apologies toeveryone who's response I ommitted, or edited, but the file was wellover 1000 lines. Anyone who wants the complete file can email me, andI'll send it ...

I recently asked:>>A user has a CD-ROM intended for use under DOS, i.e., it has a DOS>front-end for accessing the data on the disk.>>How can this data be accessed on SPARCstation with a Sun CD-ROM drive>and DOS Windows? Can the Sun CD-ROM be accessed from within ...

I may have spoken too soon. I still saw system hangs on mouseevents after things have been idle. This was running a generickernel. Then I noticed the LWP option in the kernel config file.Are these threads connected to liblwp.a threads? I added themto the kernel on superstition. I'll watch ...

My original guestion:>Hello folks,>>Recently I have installed SPARCprinter & NeWSprint on my Sparc2>running 4.1.1. Plane text files are printed fine, but when I typed>following command:>> % troff -t file | pl :opost>>I encountered a problem. Printing started from ...

My original question:> In attempting to run TCP socket transfers between two processes>residing in the same SPARCstation host, I am experiencing system >lock-up after some number of transfers have taken place (the number>of transfers varys; it's usually between 950 and 2850 with ...

Thank's a lot for all who respond, and especially to vellani@aplexus.jhuapl.edu (Thomas Vellani) for the ie* questionEthernet specifications says that one host must have only oneethernet address. It's compulsory with XNS. Of course, the ethernet address may be changed by ifconfig if the two ...

I summarized my responses to sun-managers, saying     The answer I was looking for came from dhutches@UCSD.EDU, who said: >Well, this is a known bug (in tmpfs) for SunOS 4.1.1. Patch >number 100174-01 will fix it. As for SunOS 4.1, I don't know, ...

Thanks to the several dozen replies, you know who you are.Original Question:Our Sun manual says that the instructions for installing 4Mb SIMMS comewith Sun supplied 4Mb SIMMS. Of course we want to buy them somewhere else.Can someone please send me instructions on what is involved in ...

A few hours ago, I sent a message of help concerning the "SCSI hung" problem.It is now fixed, thanks to the net!!! MANY MANY MANY THANKS.My problem WAS related to the "sticktion" problem of some of the108 Meg internal drives: to confirm this, I took a drive from another ...

SUMMARY: 4.03 ypbinding to 4.1.1 YP MASTER SERVER# We have to keep a couple of our sun{3,4}'s at 4.03 to be compatible#with existing third party software/peripherals. Presently our YP master#is a 4/280 (using 4.03) but we are about to make our new 4/490 (using 4.1.1)#the YP Master and upgrade ...

I received several responses in a very short time (as many have said, thislist is great). Here's a summary:Thanks ...

I got some good responses once again! This list is really something...I originally asked about system(3) function which doesn't work ifthere isn't enough virtual memory left (ie. available swap space).However, with SunOS4.1 and 4.1.1 there was a lot of free swap spaceleft and the system() ...

Any setuid program to mount/umount the floppy written along the linesof the posted examples have a security hole.You have to set the PATH environment variable explicitly within yourc program, as "mount" executes a sub-process (mount_pcfs) using yourpath. If a user makes his own ...

Response is unanimous:The IPC has three banks of four sockets for SIMMS. So long as eachbank contains four SIMMs of the same size you're set. The OS will findthem at boot time and "do the right thing". Responses received from:etnibsd!vsh (Steve Harris)phillips%maui@QUALCOMM.COM ...

Once again, this net is great!Thanks to everyone who replied. I got more than 3 requests for a summary so here it is. This is my original question:> Hi,>> I saw floating on this net around a month ago messages concerning the problem> of root privilege required to mount and ...

Greetings,        A big thank's to all the people that have allready responded(even the guy who flammed me for not RTFM'ing - I would have, but I amnot in possesion of either the Sun or the manuals yet - makes RTFM'inga little difficult ...

This is the second time I've sent this summary. There was some problemthat caused the it to be returned to me. I apologize if you receive thismessage twice.This is a summary of responses to my question about Uninterruptible PowerSupplies for Sun computer ...

My posting was:> We've been using a set of locally-written shell scripts to back up> several dozen workstations over our university network to an Exabyte> tape drive, located centrally. The systems being backed up are mainly> Suns (all three varieties), with some PCs running Unix, ...

  My original question was how to get a Pacific Page postscript  cartridge working with our Suns thru an HP LaserJet III.  Thanks to everybody that responded:         xphyhofu@DDATHD21.BITNET (Joachim ...

Something was missing from eeprom, the fix was ..ok 7f fff0.0000 smap!The problem was>b st()Booting From st(0,0,0)panic: mmu_getpmgthanks for your help. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Andrew Mellanby email ...

It appears that I was making a mountain out of a particularly small mole-hill!The problem was as most of you said due to my settings in the users' .mailrc.I had inadvertently put a rougue space in "set interval= 60" (should be"set interval=60". This caused mailtool not to ...

- A Few days ago I posted an automounter-related question (see below)  and I have been flooded with answers.- Thanks for all those who answered so far.- I'll summarize below. I tried to reply to each person, but some mails bounced,  so I'll honor all of them below.- I ...

My original plea:>From: Gary Casterline <casterln@are.berkeley.edu>>Subject: modem won't answer>Date: Wed, 15 May 91 23:37:41 PDT>>Oh experienced ones,>>This is my first time introducing a Sun to a modem. I can call out ok,>but when I call in the modem won't ...

Subject: Dimming monitors summaryI originally queried about fixing dimming monochrome monitors. Below are the responses I received. I was able to adjust all of mine. I did discover there are at least two types. The first which I assume is the newer has adjustments which can be made by ...