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- From: wgs@cuuxb.att.com (~XT6562000~Bill Simeon~C82~rfe~xxxx~)
- Subject: Re: uucp'ing files
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.192820.9438@cuuxb.att.com>
- Keywords: 3b2, 3b1, uucp
- Reply-To: wgs@cuuxb.UUCP (William G. Simeon AT&T/NCR 3B2 System Support)
- Organization: AT&T/NCR Software Services Division
- References: <1i92sfINNiej@munnari.OZ.AU> <1993Jan4.120247.18442@swbatl.sbc.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:28:20 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- In article <1993Jan4.120247.18442@swbatl.sbc.com> dn3662@oktext.UUCP (David W. Neill) writes:
- >In article <1i92sfINNiej@munnari.OZ.AU> muller@munnari.OZ.AU (Paul Muller) writes:
- >>I have been trying to transfer a 1.4 MB file from the ATT3b1 (aka UNIX PC)
- >>to the 3b2/400 (BNU) both machines have oodles of HD space, but the file
- >>gets about 1 MB through then stops. uulog gives no sane reason why, but I am
- >>guessing a limit on the 3b2. I have tried modifying ULIMIT to 8192 and
- >>'touch'ing /etc/system, but the re-made unix has the same problem.
- >>
- >>I am obviously flying blind, can anyone helk?
- >>
- >You didn't say which version of uucp you're using... I seem to remember
- >having a similar problem with the stock uucp many moons ago (got
- >HCB and installed it, many moons ago). I think that the script
- >that runs hourly may have done something dumb like remove any lock file
- >that's older than 1 hour. Anyway, an obvious quick-fix: split the
- >file into pieces, uucp the pieces, and then re-assemble on the other
- >end. If it's a binary, you may need to uuencode it, first, and that
- >means you'll need uuencode/uudecode for both systems, but otherwise
- >you should have everything you need to work around the problem (even
- >if my memory is faulty about the script, this oughtta work).
- >
- >g'luck
- >
- >--
- >David Neill - Mgr, Mtce Ctr phone number email
- >2205 N Rockwell FLR 1 work> 405-792-3333 > ..oktext!dn3662
- >OKC,OK 73008 home> 405-843-4464 > ..oktext!frodo!david
- >Internet: dn3662@sunset.sbc.com OR ..texbell.sbc.com!oktext!dn3662
-
- In order to change any tuneable parameter on an AT&T 3b2, you must
- rebuild the kernel after making the changes in /etc/master.d/kernel.
- To accomplish this:
- 1. cd /boot
- 2. mkboot -k KERNEL
- 3. cd /
- 4. touch /etc/system
- 5. reboot
- Your new unix will now contain the updated tuneables.
- --
- * Men Make Plans - And GOD Laughs *
- * W.G. (Bill) Simeon | wgs@cuuxb.ATT.COM *
- * NCR 3B2 Systems Support | cuuxb!wgs *
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