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Try to run VMS 7-3-1 on a alphastation |
Anonymous
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| Posted on December 20 2005 10:08 |
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I try to run VMS 7-3-1 on a alpahstation 255 with 32 MB memory.
It wil not boot. I get a error "Phisical memory overflow".
How much MB a need to run this version?
With version a need?
 ops:
Thanks. |
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Re: Try to run VMS 7-3-1 on a alphastation |
brad
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| Posted on December 20 2005 13:21 |
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[quote 6ca04bf5b="Sjoerd"]I try to run VMS 7-3-1 on a alpahstation 255 with 32 MB memory.
It wil not boot. I get a error "Phisical memory overflow".
How much MB a need to run this version?
With version a need?
ops:
Thanks.[/quote6ca04bf5b]
I looked in the FAQ, and could not find an answer to this question (the FAQ is normally your friend):
<http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/faq>
The SPD says:
64MB minimum
I say:
put in the maximum your hardware will allow, for best responsiveness. :-) |
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VMS Memory requirements |
rjj
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| Posted on December 21 2005 04:36 |
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To agree with Brad....
I think that 64Meg is the minimum and 128 is recommended.
My little old DEC 3000 certainly boots Alpha OpenVMS fine on 64 meg.
I think that VAXes will boot with much less.
However, regardless of platform, to agree with Brad again, performance
will be improved by having more than the minimum. Precisely how much
improvement you get will depend on the applications you are running
and thus the memory management strategies that you adopt.
Good Luck anyway - Russell |
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Re: Try to run VMS 7-3-1 on a alphastation |
HobbyistOne
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| Posted on December 22 2005 08:33 |
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[quote:6bcedc62af="Sjoerd"]I try to run VMS 7-3-1 on a alpahstation 255 with 32 MB memory.
It wil not boot. I get a error "Phisical memory overflow".
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You need more memory. The good news is that those Alphastations use standard PC SIMM memory, which is relatively cheap. However, you MUST get true-parity SIMM's or else it will not work. |
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DavidDickinson
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| Posted on March 15 2006 10:09 |
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i have 384mb ram on my alphaserver 1000a
it loaded fine and runs fine.
regards
-dave-
yeah. late reply. just extra information |
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