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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG
  3. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  4. Subject: Re: IBM Lan Server reliability
  5. Message-ID: <16863996E.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: CARD
  8. References:  <yawn2cj.totala@netcom.com>
  9. Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:54:36 GMT
  10. Lines: 91
  11.  
  12. In article <yawn2cj.totala@netcom.com>                                                                                                                
  13. totala@netcom.com (Taneli Otala) writes:                                                                                                              
  14.                                                                                                                                                       
  15. >Does ANYBODY have the following setup working RELIABLY?                                                                                              
  16. >                                                                                                                                                     
  17. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  18. >                                                                                                                                                     
  19. >Machine:                                                                                                                                             
  20. >                                                                                                                                                     
  21. >   486/33 8K of cache (also tried on a 386/40)                                                                                                       
  22. >                                                                                                                                                     
  23. >   12 MB of RAM                                                                                                                                      
  24. >                                                                                                                                                     
  25. >   1 GB Micropolis hard disk via SCSI                                                                                                                
  26. >                                                                                                                                                     
  27. >   CDROM via SCSI                                                                                                                                    
  28. >                                                                                                                                                     
  29. >   Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller                                                                                                                     
  30. >                                                                                                                                                     
  31. >   VGA video card (B&W monitor)                                                                                                                      
  32. >                                                                                                                                                     
  33. >   3Com 3C503 (Etherlink II)                                                                                                                         
  34. >                                                                                                                                                     
  35. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  36. >                                                                                                                                                     
  37. >Software:                                                                                                                                            
  38. >                                                                                                                                                     
  39. >   OS/2 2.0 GA (as it comes out of the box)                                                                                                          
  40. >                                                                                                                                                     
  41. >   IBM Lan Server 2.0                                                                                                                                
  42. >                                                                                                                                                     
  43. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  44. >                                                                                                                                                     
  45. >We had lots of other hardware installed, but in pursuit of a stable                                                                                  
  46. >                                                                                                                                                     
  47. >system we've stripped it this low.                                                                                                                   
  48. >                                                                                                                                                     
  49. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  50. >                                                                                                                                                     
  51. >We have tried the system with and without patches (HPFS, KERNEL and                                                                                  
  52. >                                                                                                                                                     
  53. >ADAPTEC). We have also tried it with various CPU clock speeds and bus                                                                                
  54. >                                                                                                                                                     
  55. >clock speeds.                                                                                                                                        
  56. >                                                                                                                                                     
  57. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  58. >                                                                                                                                                     
  59. >The problem is always the same:                                                                                                                      
  60. >                                                                                                                                                     
  61. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  62. >                                                                                                                                                     
  63. >   When we copy big enough chunk of data with XCOPY or COPY, the system                                                                              
  64. >                                                                                                                                                     
  65. >   either gets a TRAP 000d or 0008 or it just plain freezes.                                                                                         
  66. >                                                                                                                                                     
  67. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  68. >                                                                                                                                                     
  69. >   We've called IBM tech support on numerous occasions, and this has been                                                                            
  70. >                                                                                                                                                     
  71. >   going on for two months!                                                                                                                          
  72. >                                                                                                                                                     
  73. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  74. >                                                                                                                                                     
  75. >We really would love to have the IBM Lan Server up, but what does it                                                                                 
  76. >                                                                                                                                                     
  77. >require? Do we need to buy PS/2 machine and Token ring cards or can we                                                                               
  78. >                                                                                                                                                     
  79. >achieve with earthly hardware. If the only working environment is PS/2                                                                               
  80. >                                                                                                                                                     
  81. >with Token ring cards, then we'll just going to have to give up.                                                                                     
  82. >                                                                                                                                                     
  83. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  84. >                                                                                                                                                     
  85. >We have Netware, Banyan, LanTastic, MS Lan Manager, Netware LITE, etc                                                                                
  86. >                                                                                                                                                     
  87. >servers up and running (we do LAN FAX server programs ourself) but the                                                                               
  88. >                                                                                                                                                     
  89. >problems with IBM Lan Server just take the prize, nothing has ever been                                                                              
  90. >                                                                                                                                                     
  91. >so complicated and unreliable.                                                                                                                       
  92. >                                                                                                                                                     
  93. >..                                                                                                                                                   
  94. >                                                                                                                                                     
  95. >TaO                                                                                                                                                  
  96. >                                                                                                                                                     
  97. >                                                                                                                                                     
  98. There is a set of fixes released by IBM that fixes some XCOPY problems for LS 2                                                                       
  99. 0.                                                                                                                                                   
  100. If they are not on hobbes, I can place them there for you.                                                                                            
  101. Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
  102. Iowa State University                                                                                                                                 
  103.