david longley

In migrating an existing 3.2 system from a PS/2 9595 server to a Compaq
Proliant 1600, I've managed to get the new server running, and the
network card and raid array functioning using Ghost for Netware and the
appropriate DSK and .LAN drivers, but I now need to use the Compaq
1600's system's drive capacity (16GB) to increase storage for users.

The original SYS volume has been restored, and was the only available
volume. It was (and of course still is) 1.7GB. The new drive is a 3 x
9GB SCSI-3 raid array which logically appears as one 17GB drive.

I've experimented with expanding the current SYS by about 900MB which is
fine, and I have created some new volumes:

DATA (2GB)
DATA2 (3GB)
DATA3 (4GB)
DATA4 (4GB)

However, I now have problems loading any extra volumes beyond DATA and
DATA2 because of buffer size, and if I try to create a volume greater
than about 4.5GB I get a red screen error anyway.

I'd be grateful for any advice on anything as I've forgotten most of
what I knew! Specifically though, I cold do with some advice on:

1. Increasing buffer number so I can mount all volumes

2. how to use more RAM (there's 256MB installed, (64MB on old PS/2)

3. How to give users auto access to new volumes (modify logon scripts?)

4) any other tips

I want to keep volume size down so they can be imaged to DOS drives

Here's the startup


load CPQDA386 LED
set minimum packet receive buffers = 150
set maximum packet receive buffers = 300
# set auto register memory above 16 megabytes = off
set reserved buffers below 16 meg = 300

oOo

(not sure why the set auto register memory was set to off, the IBM PS/2
9595 was set up years ago).


Here is the Autoexec (some of the old PS/2 MCA cards are still in)

FILE SERVER NAME TESTSRVER
IPX INTERNAL NET 6
load c:\server.312\nb131x.nlm
load c:\server.312\msm31x.nlm
load c:\server.312\ethertsm.nlm
LOAD patchman.nlm
load lslenh.nlm
load c:cpqnf3 slot=10001 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=ipxlan
BIND IPX TO ipxlan2 net=a
load c:cpqnf3 slot=10001 frame=ethernet_802.3 name=ipxlan2
bind ipx to ipxlan2 net=b
lOAD REMOTE SHOWME
LOAD RSPX
load aha1640 slot=3
load aspicd
load npa312
load cdrom /newfeature

load RAIDDCDB
load RAIDMON

search add syswrchute
load aio
load aiocomx

load pwrchute syswrchute
load remote preview
load rspx

load cxserver

load monitor -p


oOo

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David Longley

david gersic

You'll have to look in to the "register memory" command. From what I
recall, NW3 allocates its memory starting at the high end (16M, in your
case) and works down from there. You will have to convince it ("register
memory") that you have more than 16M, and this has to happen before the disk drivers load.


You can make the volumes any size you want. The DOS client will "lie" to
the operating system and claim that it's a 4G volume.


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