Node name for Xenix 2.3.3
Jeff Liebermann
jeffl at comix.UUCP
Sun May 19 10:00:05 AEST 1991
In article <1055 at wshb.csms.com> michaelb at wshb.csms.com ( WSHB Operations Eng) writes:
>in an attempt to remove the node name, but it took my null entry as
>accepting the default, ie. the currently installed name. Well, I edited
>/usr/sys/conf/xenixconf by hand to remove the node name and reran configure
>to set it to wshb again. Configure bombed again.
Borrowed from the SCO Support BBS. IMHO the best thing that
SCO has ever done for the (technical) users. JL
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Configure(ADM) fails when I try to modify my "System Name"
KEYWORDS: value of configure system name node space.asm compilation error assembler xenix out range link kernel
RELEASE: SCO XENIX 386 Operating System Release 2.3.0, 2.3.1, and 2.3.2
PROBLEM: When modifying the "System Name" within configure(ADM), the
following error will occur if the number of characters in the
name is 2, 3, or 4 characters long.
" 0048 FF 00 _node db NODE, 00H
space.asm(XXX): error A2050: Value out of range
XXX Bytes symbol space free
0 Warning Errors
1 Severe Errors
error in compilation, terminating. "
SOLUTION: One way to avoid this problem is to use system names that are
0, 1, or 5 to 8 characters long. Only system names that are 2,
3 or 4 characters long will fail to compile correctly. The
maximum number of characters in a system name is 8. This bug
has been reported to our engineering department and will be fixed
in a later release.
If the development system is installed, there is a workaround
to allow 2,3 or 4 character system names. There are two files
that should be edited, /usr/sys/conf/xenixconf and /usr/conf/master.
In the "master" file, look for the following entry:
nodename NODE ""
Use vi or your favorite editor to enter your system name between
the double quotes. Save the file. Next edit the "xenixconf" file
and look for the following entry:
nodename ""
Again, enter the system name between the double quotes and save
the file.
Then type the following at a # prompt:
cd /usr/sys/conf
./make (this will take a few minutes)
./hdinstall
shutdown
To verify everything is correct, at a # prompt type:
uname -a
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