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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0021 6-22-84
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USING A TALLGRASS HARDFILE AS THE PC-NET FILE SERVER
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A Tallgrass HardFile running with Tallgrass software release 4.18
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or later is fully compatible with AST-PCnet and AST-PCnet II.
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However, for proper operation with the network, please note the
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following.
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1. The "Duplicate Directory", "Cache Memory", "Verify Read
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After Write", and "Landing Zone" options must be turned
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off (disabled).
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2. Any time you change the "Duplicate Directory",
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"Allocation Unit Size (AU)", or "Directory Size"
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parameters in TGSYS, you must also initialize the
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affected directory or directories on the HardFile. This
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is done with the "D" or "F" commands in the Tallgrass
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program called UTILITY. Since initializing the
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directory will cause you to lose all the data on that
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volume, these options should be used with great caution.
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3. Whenever you change the "Duplicate Directory",
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"Allocation Unit Size (AU)", or "Directory Size"
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parameters in TGSYS, followed by the "D" or "F" options
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in UTILITY, you must run SPCINST followed by UPCINST on
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all affected networked PCs.
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Failure to observe these instructions may cause the uPCs to
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be unable to properly read the Tallgrass directory. For
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example, a "DIR" command from the uPC to the sPC's Tallgrass
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drive may show missing files, extra files, or no files at
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all, while the same "DIR" command entered at the sPC returns
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the proper directory listing. Another symptom of this
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problem is when a "CHKDSK" command issued to a shared volume
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returns different information on the uPC compared to the
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same command issued at the sPC.
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