From: Steve Feehan (sfeehan@sbb.uvm.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 14 2003 - 11:40:37 EDT
Thanks for the several quick replies. The answer seems to be that
I booted off the /genvmunix kernel which causes the P5.1A
change that I've seen. This is certainly a reasonable explanation
as I did reboot this system a few weeks ago to add a new
nic. This would also explain the Rev. and date strangeness.
Thanks!
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:22:59AM -0400, Steve Feehan wrote:
> I've noticed that /usr/sbin/sizer -v produces different output on
> two Tru64 systems:
>
> sfeehan@structure:sfeehan $ sizer -v
> Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1A (Rev. 1885); Sat Mar 22 13:25:09 EST 2003
>
> sfeehan@maple:sfeehan $ sizer -v
> Compaq Tru64 UNIX P5.1A (Rev. 457); Sat Aug 24 11:19:42 EDT 2002
>
> One difference is that the first is called V5.1A and the second
> is P5.1A. This came to my attention since the autoconf was mis-
> guessing. It was calling the system "alphaev67-dec-osfp5.1"
> which wasn't matching the "osf5*" in configure scripts.
>
> To my knowledge, the 'P5.1A' is a recent change but I can't
> point to a particularly likely cause.
>
> Also, why the different Rev. numbers? They are both running
> 5.1a w/ service pack 3 installed.
>
> And finally, does the date imply when the kernel was compiled?
> If so, the second date (Sat Aug 24 11:19:42 EDT 2002) is
> wrong as the system wasn't even installed at that date.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Steve Feehan
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Structural Biology and Bioinformatics
> University of Vermont
-- Steve Feehan
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