> Yours isn't the only one! For some reason I didn't think
> about the fact you'd not be able to get to a prompt.
The OpenVMS FAQ lives at
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/openvms_faq.html
The slightly quicker way than the one they recommend is:
>>> B/1
SYSGEN> SET UAFALTERNATE 0
SYSGEN> SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN"
SYSGEN> SET WRITES 0
SYSGEN> CONTINUE
... wait for boot to complete
... log in on console as SYSTEM with any passwords
... edit as required
... reboot to check
In the future, replacing MOUNT with MOUNT/NOASSIST should
get around the problem in case any other disks mysteriously
vanish (unless the boot disk goes south, of course).
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini_at_iee.org
Received on Mon Mar 31 2003 - 11:15:00 BST