Error saving configuration?

Stefan Hudson (hudson@mbay.net)
Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:22:24 -0700 (PDT)

Any idea what this means?

alpha> save all
Saving ports
Saving global configuration
Couldn't save global configuration

It just started doing it today. I think it happened for a short
time on another PM2, but then it started letting me save again.

alpha> ver
Livingston PortMaster PM-2e ComOS 3.7
System uptime is 7 hours 11 minutes
alpha> show mem
System memory 1048576 bytes - 1048480 used, 96 available
2048:3 176:0 1152:1 640:1 144:5 64:0 96:1 80:7 16:127 128:1 160:2 32:7 48:0
System nbufs 1400 - 945 used, 455 available

Oh dear. Looks like it's out of memory. I guess OSPF must chew up memory
pretty badly. What exactly is the effect of running out of memory on a PM?
I'll upgrade the memory as soon as I can get some. Is parity really required?
I've got a bunch of old Amiga memory I'd love to put to use :)

While I'm at it, here's another OSPF question... I'm new at OSPF, so I'm not
sure if I have it set up right. I'm just using one area (0.0.0.0), so should
I add all of my netblocks to that area? I did, but I'm getting a few entries
in the route table that look like:

206.40.79.221 32 206.40.79.11 ospf/E2 HDC 2 ether0

The E2 appears to mean that it's an "external" link... but the 206.40.79.0/24
network is in the 0.0.0.0 area. So what's external about it? There are a few
other routes that appear this way, including ones that are converted from RIP
to OSPF by a Cisco (the DR).

Thanks...

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