Re: 2-gig limitation removed for HP, SGI?
1997-01-07 20:18:33
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Re: 2-gig limitation removed for HP, SGI? |
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Dianne Sharp <DSHARP AT CLEAR.CO DOT NZ> |
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Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:18:33 +1300 |
thanks for the feedback
Dianne Sharp
Operations Analyst
ISS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Ext 4208
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>From: Mj Lopatin[SMTP:lopatin AT VNET.IBM DOT COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, 08 January, 1997 12:07PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject: 2-gig limitation removed for HP, SGI?
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>> What about the HP and SGI IRIX clients, is the 2 Gb limit removed
> for them?
>
>The HP 10 client is only supported on the 10.01 operating system at
>this time. That operating system does not support files greater than
>2 Gb, so our client also does not support files greater than 2 Gb.
>We hope to support the HP 10.10 and 10.20 operating systems in the future,
>and at that time, that client would support greater than 2 Gb files.
>
>As far as the SGI client goes, our one SGI client runs on both the 5.2 and
>5.3 operating systems. Only 5.3 supports greater than 2 Gb files; 5.2 does
>not.
>To be able to compile our client for both, we could not add 2 Gb support to
>the SGI client at this time. We hope to support the 5.3 operating system
>with its own separate SGI client in the future, and that client would
>support files > 2 Gb. The SGI client is one of the reasons we announced
>that we support > 2 Gb files on MOST platforms that support them, not ALL.
>
>MJ Lopatin
>ADSM Client Development
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