From: Steve Feehan (sfeehan@sbb.uvm.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 17 2003 - 09:11:38 EDT
I had to wait a few days before rebooting the system, but
indeed rebuilding the kernel and booting off the new kernel
rather than genvmunix (which was in fact what I had done,
determined by inspecting the output from consvar) solved
the problem at hand.
Thanks to all who responded.
Steve
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:40:37AM -0400, Steve Feehan wrote:
>
> 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
-- Steve Feehan
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