1 INFO-VAX	Sat, 25 Nov 2000	Volume 2000 : Issue 659       Contents: CD WRITER ON ALPHA/VMS Re: CD WRITER ON ALPHA/VMS Re: CD WRITER ON ALPHA/VMS Re: Connecting a CD-writer.. DCPS and HP4000  DS10 600MHz upgrade? Re: EBay vs. QXL  FOR FREE/TRADE VAX8350 BOARDS...< Re: HSJ40 dual-redundant controller rolling firmware upgrade4 MUSTANG (AlphaStation 200/2/100) Won't boot VMS E7.3( Re: REQ: Lexmark Printer Control Library6 TK70: request for data transer fro TK70 to 4mmDat tape: Re: TK70: request for data transer fro TK70 to 4mmDat tape2 Re: UAF Quotas - Y'ain't a-gonna believe this'n... Re: VMS "froze" . RE: VMS Apache and CGI - still having problems  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:21:32 -0000 # From: "NIGEL" <sa83@dial.pipex.com>  Subject: CD WRITER ON ALPHA/VMS ) Message-ID: <8vo485$j7i$1@lure.pipex.net>   J I'm told by local Compaq vendor that VMS (incl mine 7.2) on Alpha does not@ support any CD Writers, which I wanted to use for data archives.  E True or does anyone know different  - what hardware/software to use ?    Thanks, 
 Nigel Goodwin    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:09:58 +0100   From: Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch># Subject: Re: CD WRITER ON ALPHA/VMS + Message-ID: <VA.000001a0.23f43dc6@sture.ch>   6 In article <8vo485$j7i$1@lure.pipex.net>, Nigel wrote:% > From: "NIGEL" <sa83@dial.pipex.com>  > Newsgroups: comp.os.vms ! > Subject: CD WRITER ON ALPHA/VMS ' > Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:21:32 -0000  > L > I'm told by local Compaq vendor that VMS (incl mine 7.2) on Alpha does notB > support any CD Writers, which I wanted to use for data archives. > G > True or does anyone know different  - what hardware/software to use ?  > L See the VMS FAQ, item FILE7. Follow the web links given there for a variety 
 of solutions.  ___ 
 Paul Sture Switzerland    ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 11:46:04 GMT = From: system@SendSpamHere.ORG (Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-) # Subject: Re: CD WRITER ON ALPHA/VMS 0 Message-ID: <009F3A33.D8227A11@SendSpamHere.ORG>  O In article <8vo485$j7i$1@lure.pipex.net>, "NIGEL" <sa83@dial.pipex.com> writes: K >I'm told by local Compaq vendor that VMS (incl mine 7.2) on Alpha does not A >support any CD Writers, which I wanted to use for data archives.   H Very true... almost.  Compaq will not support any CD writers on OpenVMS.    F >True or does anyone know different  - what hardware/software to use ?  G I've been burning CDs very successfully on my Alpha with a Yamaha brand G CD-R/RW drive.  I've also had a Plextor and a Smart&Friendly drive con- % nected (all SCSI) to this same Alpha.   F The following URL will lead you to a page about burning CDs on OpenVMSG to support both the ODS and ISO9660 file systems.  This page also main- G tails links to the software you'll need to use the CD writer on OpenVMS 6 and to create the ISO9660 file sstem if you so desire.   http://www.tmesis.com/CDrom/  G In addition, the OpenVMS FAQ now has a section covering this very ques- 
 tion as well.    --O VAXman- OpenVMS APE certification number: AAA-0001     VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM              O city, n., 1. a place where trees are cut down and streets are named after them.    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 11:48:45 +0100   From: Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>% Subject: Re: Connecting a CD-writer.. + Message-ID: <VA.0000019f.23e0d132@sture.ch>   F In article <3A1F3F91.60F27BB8@earthlink.net>, David J. Dachtera wrote:9 > From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@earthlink.net>  > Newsgroups: comp.os.vms ' > Subject: Re: Connecting a CD-writer.. ' > Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 22:26:57 -0600  >  > John Vottero wrote:  > >   > > > -----Original Message-----B > > > From: David J. Dachtera [mailto:djesys.nospam@earthlink.net]/ > > > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 9:59 PM  > > >  > > > Chuck McCrobie wrote:  > > > > B > > > > What are the shortfalls of the "generic SCSI" in DKDRIVER? > > > G > > > See the Deja archive of the myriad posts in this newsgroup and/or J > > > comp.sys.dec on this topic, and/or review the info. at the following
 > > > URL: > > > ; > > > http://www.djesys.com/vms/hobbyist/support.html#cworb  > > > K > > > Note: The removeable aspect is immaterial and can(should) be ignored.  > > >  > > @ > > Why are you blaming your problems with the Orb drive on VMS? > & > Because DKDRIVER is so damned picky! > G > Seriously, I went ahead and put in the current firmware update on the I > Orb drive. (Had to reconfigure W/95 (boot to DOS) to do it - WhineBloze F > is now hosed, as you might expect; will take a couple days to get itI > back together.) The manual eject button on the front of the drive still I > doesn't work. Still gotta use the "paper clip" eject button. Otherwise, ' > it seems to have survived the update.  > H There you have it in a nutshell. The drive doesn't do a simple function & such as obeying a manual eject button.   Not worth supporting yet, IMHO.  ___ 
 Paul Sture Switzerland    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:52:47 -0800 & From: "Rick Cadruvi" <rick@rdperf.com> Subject: DCPS and HP40001 Message-ID: <d_ST5.10$2F4.22891@news.pacbell.net>   H I have an HP4000 on a print server that I print to using DCPS in RAW_TCP mode. G When you print 2 documents at the same time to the printer and it is in 	 hibernate H mode, it prints the first and the second stalls.  The following commands will* clear the stall and continue the printing:       $ stop/que/reset HP4000      $ start/que HP4000  E Can someone help me fix this so that the documents don't get stalled?   7 Feel free to respond to my email address as well as the 
 newsgroup.   thanks  Rick Cadruvi...    ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:39:01 GMT ( From: Terry Kennedy <terry@gate.tmk.com> Subject: DS10 600MHz upgrade? ' Message-ID: <G4Kz51.42s@spcuna.spc.edu>   I   I see that the DS10 is now available in a 600MHz version as well as the  original 466MHz version:: http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/ds10/ds10_tech_summ.html  K   Is there a field upgrade available for people who already have the 466MHz  systems?  4         Terry Kennedy             http://www.tmk.com5         terry@tmk.com             Jersey City, NJ USA    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:47:54 +0000  From: Roy Omond <Roy@Omond.net>  Subject: Re: EBay vs. QXL ) Message-ID: <3A1F8ACB.D3992CB2@Omond.net>    Jordan Henderson wrote:   + > In article <3A1ECAD9.A9E8C9F6@gtech.com>, A > Arne =?iso-8859-1?Q?Vajh=F8j?=  <arne.vajhoej@gtech.com> wrote:  > >Jordan Henderson wrote:N > >> Some security minded sites like to hide information so as to reduce theirR > >> exposure to exploits that become known to black hats before they become known > >> to themselves.  > > ? > >That is of very limited value, when running a well-known OS.  > > @ > >If OS is not supplied, then hackers will try the most obvious! > >ones first: NT, Solaris, etc..  > >  > H > I agree that this is an example of security through obscurity, which I > don't advocate.  > I > However, it can be some added protection in that many of the black hats I > aren't looking to attack a specific site, but rather it's the case that G > they have in their hands a hot new exploit that works against a given B > configuration and they then go looking for a site to knock over. > E > Also, some firewalls will watch protocol level traffic for HTTP and F > start keeping track if suspicious requests are coming from a certainE > address.  Suspicious being defined as poorly defined (too much data K > in an attempt to hit a buffer overflow exploit) or known exploits against L > a range of configurations.  Enough of these suspicious requests will causeJ > the firewall to shutdown any access from that address.  This policy willL > frustrate the black hat who is trying a range of exploits to find one that! > works in a given configuration.   E Hmmm... then how about explicitly broadcasting something you're *not*  running.  Yep, I've got it !  B Solaris boxes should broadcast that they're running VMS !  InstantA reduction in hacker attacks ... instant improvement in uptime ... 0 instant reduction in the number of CERT alerts !  M Maybe a certain "IT Architect" could suggest this internally within Sun ? :-)   	 Roy Omond  Blue Bubble Ltd.   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 16:26:09 GMT   From: claudew@sprint.ca (Claude)) Subject: FOR FREE/TRADE VAX8350 BOARDS... - Message-ID: <3a1fe623.3392907@news.sprint.ca>    Hi  $ I am not too familliar with VAXes...  ? But I collect obsolete/vintage home computers from 197x-198x...   D I was offered a VAX8350 not too long ago. I had no space for system.E Someone asked me to get all the boards from it. I have not gotten any D news from this person in a long time. The boards are here, taking up space.  < I have 13 boards from a VAX8350. Some memory (4MB), some CPU* (68k)...some I am not sure what they do...  E I am not looking for money for these. Shipping would be from Montreal  Canada.   A Anything to add to my vintage computer collection in exchange for 7 getting these would be appreciated but not essential...   A I have PO Box in USA so shipping to me would  not be problematic.    Thanks Claude claudew@sprint.ca    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 08:45:29 -0700   From: Lee <lytmah@connect.ab.ca>E Subject: Re: HSJ40 dual-redundant controller rolling firmware upgrade - Message-ID: <3A1FDE99.D76EB2DE@connect.ab.ca>   H The HSJ V3.4 release notes stipulate adjacent rolling upgrades.  So doesJ Compaq Support.  However, I do not recall receiving HSJ V3.3.  I am hopingK for confirmation one way or another.  There seems to be an inconsistency in H Compaq's suggested rolling upgrade path.  The release notes mention onlyD V2.7, V3.2, and V3.4.  My last rolling upgrade to V3.2 caused "mountC verification" messages but no loss of shadow members.  Every shadow = member is dual-pathed and dual-powered in each computer room.      "David J. Dachtera" wrote:   > Lee Y T Mah wrote: > > . > > 1. Does version HSJ40 firmware V3.3 exist? > 
 > Don't know.  > B > > 2. If it does, can a rolling upgrade be done from V3.2 to V3.44 > >     without dropping dual-pathed shadow members? > J > In this scenario, you will *ALWAYS* end up causing all units to be takenF > over by the "surviving" member of the dual-redundant set when one ofF > them is being upgraded. When both units in a dual-redundant pair areE > upgraded and back on-line, PREFERRED_HOST settings will again be in J > effect. If you have not set preferred hosts, you may need to restore theD > normal hosting preferences using PREFER (SYS$EXAMPLES:PREFER.MAR). > F > This should have no appreciable impact on shadow-set conditions, but3 > check just to be sure when you're done upgrading.  > E > Ideally, if you have enough equipment available, shadow-set members 4 > should be hosted by separate dual-redundant pairs. >  > My $0.02 worth...  >  > -- > David J. Dachtera  > dba DJE Systems  > http://www.djesys.com/ > < > Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:! > http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/  > H > This *IS* an OpenVMS-related newsgroup. So, a certain bias in postings > is to be expected. > B > Feel free to exercise your rights of free speech and expression. > H > However, attacks against individual posters, or groups of posters, are > strongly discouraged.    -- Lee    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 08:44:07 -0700 . From: "John R. Lawson, Jr." <Mage@DirecPC.com>= Subject: MUSTANG (AlphaStation 200/2/100) Won't boot VMS E7.3 4 Message-ID: <67RT5.4212$925.181743@news.direcpc.com>  L I recently upgraded my cluster to E7.3.  Prior to this I was running V7.1 inE a mixed-architecture cluster of several small VAXen and Alphas.  Most J systems are multi-booting to other operating-systems on their local disks,L but all Alphas (including this MUSTANG) boot as satellites into the cluster.  L Since the upgrade to E7.3, which required a firware upgrade, I can no longer# boot this machine into the cluster.   E I get the normal MOP download, and eventually the VMS banner, and the L standard message about NET$CONFIG.DAT, then it prints the following message:   %EWA0, mode set to BNC(console)   L Which, I assume, is telling me the obvious fact that I set EWA0_MODE (at the6 >>> prompt) to BNC, so I could boot from the ThinWire.  H That's the last message I see on the console and nothing new happens.  II forced a crash to see what might be going on, and it appearrs that we are J simply in the idle loop waiting on a Pagefault for the SWAPPER process.  I, don't know if that's a natural state or not.  I There is another solution, which only appears when I boot through SYSBOOT H ... I get the following messages on the console (repeated ad infinitum):  = %VMScluster-BUS_OFFLINE, adapter was reset: 08-00-2B-xx-yy-zz / %VMScluster-BUS_ONLINE, adapter ...something...   & And I've even seen, from time-to-time:  C %VMScluster-REINIT_WAIT, waiting for connection to MSCP disk server   L Ideas?  This all worked find under an older firmware revision and under V7.1B ... all my other machines (four Alphas and three VAXen) work fine!   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 25 Nov 00 21:33:37 +1200  From: srlnrow@read.the.sig1 Subject: Re: REQ: Lexmark Printer Control Library - Message-ID: <8vnu77$2v81$1@news.comnet.co.nz>   5 In Article <8u6kgn$14d$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com> : hammond@not@peek.ppb.cpqcorp.net (Charlie Hammond) writes: > _ >In article <h8d50tg7aql0eqbf3sf82aktvl6ng0pt4n@4ax.com>, Will DeKroney <moo@pobox.com> writes: G >>I am looking for anyone that has or has written a Control Library for = >>Lexmark printers.  We print to HP and Lexmark printers over F >>Multinet/IP.  I have a nice HP library but can find no control codes >>in the Lexmark documentation.  > 3 >Call LEXMARK.  The number I have is 1-800-53-6275.  > G >It is likely that the first person you speak with will be "PC-centric" D >and will not understand your question.  Tell them you are using theD >printer on a "mainframe" system; this should get you connected to aI >person who can help you.  The faxed me about ten pages of control codes.   N Are those control codes for what IBM call PPDS (Personal Printer Data Stream)?H Can anyone point to some sites (Web or ftp) that describe these? I spentN a while looking a year or so ago when we got a Lexmark line printer to replaceG an LA324 but didn't find anything. Of course, the manual that came with H the printer didn't cover the control codes at all - unlike the "good oldJ days" when manuals contained code tables and circuit diagrams and so on...   --  G Roger Williams, Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand 
 R.Williams- @gns.cri.nz : DEC 3000/300 AXP - OpenVMS v6.2    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 11:27:43 +0000 ( From: Alan Fay <alan.fay@btinternet.com>? Subject: TK70: request for data transer fro TK70 to 4mmDat tape 3 Message-ID: <8vo7gb$rmq$1@neptunium.btinternet.com>   3     > Rainer Burger <rainer.burger@erl9.siemens.de>      >      > Newsgroups: comp.os.vms      > K     > We would need to know if anybody still has a TK70 tape drive on a VAX N     > machine and could read the tape content from this TK70 tape and transfer     > it to a 4mm DAT tape. @     > The tape has been written under VMS 5.5-2 (maybe also -3).     > :     > All suggestions are welcome. Offers are appreciated.     >      > Sincerely      > Rainer Burger      >          Rainer,   6     I have a MicroVAX 3400 with a TK70 running VMS 5.5-     here at my home, which I use for testing.   6     I could transfer your TK70 data to an  ODS-2  CD-R6     on one of my Alpha's if you would pay for delivery     and collection.   !     My telephone number is below.        alan      '     ,---------------------------------. '     |         O p e n V M S           | '     |          Programming            | '     |           Alan Fay              | '     |     Author of the VERITAS       | '     |    NetBackUp OpenVMS Client     | '     |    Phone (0044) 1264 771678     | '     | Nr. Andover, Hampshire, England |N'     |  Email alan.fay@btinternet.com  |u'     `---------------------------------'A   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 11:49:45 GMTi= From: system@SendSpamHere.ORG (Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-)BC Subject: Re: TK70: request for data transer fro TK70 to 4mmDat tapet0 Message-ID: <009F3A34.5C4B73B5@SendSpamHere.ORG>  ^ In article <8vo7gb$rmq$1@neptunium.btinternet.com>, Alan Fay <alan.fay@btinternet.com> writes: >  >a >a >r >o >74 >    > Rainer Burger <rainer.burger@erl9.siemens.de> >    > >    > Newsgroups: comp.os.vms >    >L >    > We would need to know if anybody still has a TK70 tape drive on a VAXO >    > machine and could read the tape content from this TK70 tape and transfer- >    > it to a 4mm DAT tape.A >    > The tape has been written under VMS 5.5-2 (maybe also -3).C >    >; >    > All suggestions are welcome. Offers are appreciated.  >    > >    > Sincerely >    > Rainer Burger >    > >  >h >    Rainer, >r7 >    I have a MicroVAX 3400 with a TK70 running VMS 5.5.. >    here at my home, which I use for testing. >w7 >    I could transfer your TK70 data to an  ODS-2  CD-R-7 >    on one of my Alpha's if you would pay for delivery9 >    and collection. >u" >    My telephone number is below. >T	 >    alan/ >  >e >g( >    ,---------------------------------.( >    |         O p e n V M S           |( >    |          Programming            |( >    |           Alan Fay              |( >    |     Author of the VERITAS       |( >    |    NetBackUp OpenVMS Client     |( >    |    Phone (0044) 1264 771678     |( >    | Nr. Andover, Hampshire, England |( >    |  Email alan.fay@btinternet.com  |( >    `---------------------------------' >w  J I missed Rainer's original request but I would transfer his TK70 to 4mmDAT> if he'd be willing to ship the tape "over the big pond" to me.   --O VAXman- OpenVMS APE certification number: AAA-0001     VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COMo            0O city, n., 1. a place where trees are cut down and streets are named after them.R   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:15:03 +0100>" From: "Hans Vlems" <hvlems@iae.nl>; Subject: Re: UAF Quotas - Y'ain't a-gonna believe this'n...y( Message-ID: <8vodbl$cpu$1@news.IAEhv.nl>  I Off the top of my head: WSDEF is the amount of memory LOGINOUT.EXE claimstI when the process is created. WSQUO is the amount available to the processsF (but that might affect other processes). WSEXTENT is only granted to a processo) if the system has sufficient free memory.s  D So if WSDEF>WSQUO then (a) it'll take a while longer before LOGINOUT finishesK and (b) memory management is practically turned off for that process unless  there's  plenty memory free.a  
 Hans Vlems  - David J. Dachtera heeft geschreven in bericht # <3A1C86F4.DFE655A@earthlink.net>...  >Check this out, folks:e >f >UAF> SHOW PRODUCTIONeC >Username: PRODUCTION                       Owner:  Production Jobso >[snip]r: >Prclm:          10  DIOlm:       750  WSdef:        10000: >Prio:            4  ASTlm:       250  WSquo:         7500: >Queprio:         0  TQElm:        10  WSextent:     81920 >[snip]V >aB >Does anyone have any idea what might happen when WSdef > WSquota? >e9 >I almost can't believe this runs under these conditions!- >-B >I wonder where the working set limit gets set at process creationI >time... I'd think it would go to WSquota and no higher until the process . >starts page faulting, but I could be wrong... >F >--6 >David J. Dachtera >dba DJE Systems >http://www.djesys.com/d > ; >Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page and Message Board:o  >http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/ >DG >This *IS* an OpenVMS-related newsgroup. So, a certain bias in postingsw >is to be expected.- >OA >Feel free to exercise your rights of free speech and expression.n >aG >However, attacks against individual posters, or groups of posters, are  >strongly discouraged.   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 16:17:12 +0100D( From: Bernd Eckstein <B.Eckstein@cli.de> Subject: Re: VMS "froze"& Message-ID: <3A1FD7F8.E8623E63@cli.de>  E Half year ago we had a similar Problem on a 2-CPU AS1200. The problem E became more and more critical, the timespan between the "freezes" got D smaller and smaller, and at least the System wasn't able to boot any more. E The problem was solved by DEC thru changing one of the CPU-Boards. Wei had no more trouble since then.R   -- d( Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regardsC B.Eckstein, CLI GmbH - mailto:B.Eckstein@cli.de - http://www.cli.deoC Matthiashofstr. 28, D-52064 Aachen - Fon: +49 241 47051-0, Fax: -89d   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:39:16 -0600 + From: "Main, Kerry" <Kerry.Main@compaq.com>r7 Subject: RE: VMS Apache and CGI - still having problemsiN Message-ID: <910612C07BCAD1119AF40000F86AF0D805284A2E@kaoexc3.kao.cpqcorp.net>   Gennady,  - Not sure of the correct answer for you, but -n  L As a suggestion - from the problem reporting section of the web site below..  D "If you would like to provide comments or technical feedback to the ? Compaq Secure Web Server engineering team, please send mail to k openvms-internet@compaq.com. "  I I would suggest sending an email to this address. If for whatever reason,0H there are still any unaswered questions, please let us know and we will  get an answer for you.   Regards,  
 Kerry Main Senior Consultante Compaq Canada Inc. Professional Servicese Voice: 613-592-4660l Fax  :  819-772-7036 Email: Kerry.Main@Compaq.com     -----Original Message-----8 From: Gennady A. Meergus [mailto:gennady@pbr.gtekil.com] Sent: November 24, 2000 1:41 PMd& To: Main, Kerry; Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com7 Subject: RE: VMS Apache and CGI - still having problemsn    	 Hi Kerry,i  H There is only one version downloadable - 1.0. I've downloaded it exactly from the location you wrote.   It that a known problem?   Thanks,g   Gennady.   > -----Original Message-----2 > From: Main, Kerry [mailto:Kerry.Main@Compaq.com]' > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 20:274. > To: 'Gennady Meergus'; Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com9 > Subject: RE: VMS Apache and CGI - still having problemsa >b >f
 > Gennady, >l > What version are you running?  > * > The latest updates can be obtained from:G > <http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/products/ips/apache/csws.html>- >-1 > You can also log problems as per the following:5@ > <http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/products/ips/apache/csw s_problems.htm l>   Regards,  
 Kerry Main Senior Consultants Compaq Canada Inc. Professional ServicesF Voice: 613-592-4660e Fax  :  819-772-7036 Email: Kerry.Main@Compaq.com     -----Original Message-----5 From: Gennady Meergus [mailto:gennady@pbr.gtekil.com]r  Sent: November 22, 2000 10:34 AM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Comb3 Subject: VMS Apache and CGI - still having problems      Hi everyone,  - I'm still having problems with CGI on apache.n  J 1. It seems to ignore ExecCGI option. It always executes CGI from cgi-bin,J independentdly of whether ExecCGI set or not set for this directory and itJ never executes CGI from other directories, again, independently of ExecCGI setting.  L 2. It only executes EXE or COM files as CGI. Is there any way to convince it' to run PERL as CGI, not using MOD_PERL?u   Can anyone help?   Thanks,    Gennady.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2000.659 ************************