[daip] AIPS linux installation

[Eric Greisen]

Neal A Miller writes:

 > I am having one difficulty: the defined data area. This may be because
 > during installation I named my data area something other than my
 > machine name (for now, my machine has the impersonal name of
 > "CC639212-B" assigned by Comcast for use of cable modem). Thus,
 > when trying to RUN FILAIPS I get the warnings about no defined
 > data areas. I'm a bit stumped. My AIPS root is just /AIPS, so the
 > DADEVS.LIST file is found at: /AIPS/DA00/DADEVS.LIST. The
 > only non-commented line in the file is:
 > -  /AIPS/DATA/SILMARIL_1
 > That directory does exist. However, I don't seem to have a
 > $AIPS_ROOT/DADEVS.SH file. Could you help me fix this problem?

       Change the first character in the line above from a minus to a
plus.  This will require that disk area on all computers including the
1 computer you care about.

 > 
 > Also, I have some general Linux questions that should help my
 > AIPS installation run much more smoothly. In my Linux installation,
 > the swap space was set at a small value (an error in the installation
 > instructions led me to falsely believe I shouldn't go above 128 MB).
 > Is there an easy way to fix this?

    I am not an expert in systems - perhaps Pat or ? will know.


Eric Greisen