Re: AIX 3 Hard Disk Full

From: Uli Link (spamkuebel.csiph_at_linkitup.homeunix.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:31:44 +0200

> The occupied disk space of 24 MB is a lot, if you consider that the
> system is from 1993, a IBM POWERstation RISC System/6000 Model
> 7011-250 with PowerPC 601 processor.

It must be from 1994 or little later, if it is a 250. It wasn't
available earlier. But this is very old and *very* slow compared with a
2004 machine. The 220/230/250 were built like tanks. Everyone who tries
to lift the small pizzabox is suprised of the weight.

> Anyway, back to the topic: the "disk full" error is gone now, but
> after about 25 minutes of working in X-window the system still
> automatically logs off. Is there a log file I can check to find out
> why this happens?

> Can it be because of the year 2000 issue, the system shows now Jan
> 1st, 1970?

If the machines steps time it's possible to loose connections.
The machine should syncronize to a time server for correct time.
The CMOS battery used on the 250 planar is the same type as on the very
most PC. Cheap and very easy to replace.

You wrote it's running AIX 3, and the PowerPC needed 3.2.5 with a lot of
patches. There were no major y2k issues. Not like with AIX PS/2 1.3 :-( 

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Uli
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