20 Feb
2004
20 Feb
'04
1:12 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of R. D. Davis
Sent: 20 February 2004 23:51
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: VAX Booting and Startup Dilema (was: VAX console and
crossover...)
accepted by the VAX. After setting flow control to xon/xoff,
I could boot the VAX. :-)
Yay. I'd forgotten about the 'don't use hardware handshaking' rule
'cos I
just plug VAXen into a VT these days.
SPAWN
SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP
$ sys$system:startup
%DCL-W-NOLBLS, label ignored - use only within command
procedures \SYS$SYSTEM:\
_What:
Any thoughts/ideas? If it matters, it's VAX/VMS 5.5.
You've missed the @ off the beginning of the line:
@sys$system:startup
However, it might also be useful to boot to SYSBOOT with:
>> B/1 dia0
SYSBOOT> set startup_p1
"min"
SYSBOOT> set startup_p2 "TRUE"
SYSBOOT> C
Which will give you detailed lists of what the VAX is doing as it boots. I
don't remember a VMS 5 system giving the %STDRV message at boot time though,
but then I didn't see every VMS 5 system boot :)
Let us know what you get!
Cheers
w