[Virtualacorn-list] 2 instigations of VA-RPC on same computer??

[pd.miller1 at tiscali.co.uk]

On 13 Mar 2011 14:27:39 GMT
Roger Darlington <rogerarm at freeuk.com> 
wrote:

>>>> VirtualRPC-Adjust and AdjustSA support up to 256Mb of  RAM

>>>> This is defined as 1 bank of (up to) 256Mb
>
>>>I see,  said the 
blind man:-)
>
>>>Mine is  actually ARM 7500  VA-RPC-Adjust-SA.
>
>> 
It's an AdjustSA. The SA versions of VirtualRPC include three
>> 
different processor models, the Arm7500 is one of these.
>
>>>Can you  
please be more specific Aaron.
>>>Exactly what should I put if I want 
256MB  RAM?
>
>>>Am I correct in thinking it should be:
>
>>>[RAM]

>>>base =  0x10000000
>>>size=256MB
>
>
>> Yes, that looks correct.
>

>> It is worth me pointing out that some RISC OS apps don't like
>> 
running with more than 128Mb. Anything modern should be OK.
>
>> Aaron 
(VirtualAcorn)
>
>Well, setting :
>[RAM]
>base =  0x10000000

>size=256MB
>
>certainly causes problems, not with applications, but 
with the FILER, 
>when/if it encounters directories with more than a 
certain 
>(undetermined) number of files in it, WHEREAS setting
> [ROM]

>base=0
>range=16MB
>
>[RAM]
>base = 0x10000000
>size=128MB
>
>[RAM]

>base=0x18000000
>size=48MB
>
>does not...
>
This problem has been 
noted in the topic 'Filer Problem' posted to
the VirtualAcorn 
VirtualRPC-AdjustSA support forum. 

More than 255 files in a directory 
will cause the problem. As pointed
out in the last post of that thread, 
it is a RISC OS problem that is
corrected in later versions of RISC OS. 
So, one solution is to upgrade
to RISC OS 6. I decided to spend the 
money and am now using RISC OS Select 
6.20 with three VA-RPC-Adjust-SA 
systems, all using the Strongarm
processor model, RAM set to 256MB, and 
none of them have the problem. 


Regards,

Pete Miller.