27 Oct
2000
27 Oct
'00
6:01 a.m.
the system. For a VAX, you will need to load the
VAX-VMS license PAK.
Argghh! Good point :^) You can tell where my mind has been telling him he
OPENVMS-ALPHA <smacks self on forehead>. What can I say I was looking at
the output of "SHO LICE" on the system I was working on.
If you DON'T have a terminal, you're not
completely out of luck. Damn,
I don't remember exactly how to do this, but you can do a conversational
boot (which is done with a flag of /1 I think, so you'd do something like
Looks good so far. The FAQ shows the following (not sure if the
WRITESYSPARAMS is needed):
SYSBOOT> SET/STARTUP OPA0:
SYSBOOT> SET WINDOW_SYSTEM 0
SYSBOOT> SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0
SYSBOOT> CONTINUE
and you'll then need to run the following two commands:
SPAWN
@SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP
For a complete explanation see: http://eisner.decus.org/vms/mgmt.htm#MGMT5
Then as you say:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSLICENSE
>> B/1 DUA0
[or whatever your system
disk is]
Then you'll find yourself at the SYSBOOT> prompt. Issue the commands
SYSBOOT> SET/STARTUP OPA0:
SYSBOOT> SET WINDOW_SYSTEM 0
SYSBOOT> CONTINUE
The system should continue to start up without DECwindows. Log in as
SYSTEM and load your licenses. Finally type $ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYSGEN
to get to the SYSGEN> prompt. At the SYSGEN> prompt, type:
SYSGEN> USE CURRENT
SYSGEN> SET WINDOW_SYSTEM 1
SYSGEN> WRITE CURRENT
SYSGEN> EXIT
And then reboot. I _think_ this will work, but I'm not 100% certain,
as it's been a while since I did any of this stuff!
I don't think this part is needed as I believe the changes made at the
SYSBOOT prompt are for that boot only.
Zane
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