<From: "Zane H. Healy" &lt;healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com&gt; <Loading system software. < 2.. <?54 RETRY < 2.. No device or bad media. <When it's coming up it sounds like the HD spins up, and then as soon as it <hits the "Loading system software" it sounds like it spins down. Sounds like the rd54 or 53 has a case of spin down disease. Bad drive. <thing. If I'm doing it correctly the only one that it seems to try to rea <is 525993. Sounds like I'm out of luck. Goddess knows whats on that tape. The number is a date code! My guess is you have a bad drive and lots of media with nothing of value. The uVAX-II can also boot off DECnet from another VMS or Ultrix host. Allison