Ultrix 3.1C vs PMAX

Matt Thomas thomas at mipsbx.nac.dec.com
Fri Jan 12 11:33:48 AEST 1990


> Does anybody want to make any assertions about whether 3.1C can be used
> as a base for UWS on a DECstation 3100?  I have a DECstation that I was
> planning on having mount a shared /usr off of my 5810 to save disk space,
> but the DECstation came with UWS2.1/Ultrix3.1 and there are enough
differences
> between that and the 3.1C release on the 5810 to make me very nervous.

No promises but it should work.   V3.1C added new hardware support for
5800 and 5400
while keeping the original 3100/2100 support.  Except for generating a
new kernel config
file (3.1C requires the devices to be confgiured), you shouldn't have
any problems.
(famous last words).
-- 
Matt Thomas                     Internet:   thomas at decwrl.dec.com
DECnet-ULTRIX Development       UUCP:       ...!decwrl!thomas
Digital Equipment Corporation   Disclaimer: This message reflects my own
Littleton, MA                               warped views, etc.



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