Jon Perryman wrote: >Steve says there is 1 exception to the hardware console requiring V >CN(*),ACT to become the first active console during IPL. He says if >you disable all z/OS DEV(###) consoles, then the hardware console will >automatically activate because there is no other console available. I >believe this to be true but I have never tried this. There may be a >couple caveats that can be discussed later if it solves your problem.
>This is simple to test. From the z/OS VM user, detach all devices >specified in PARMLIB(CONSOL##). At the moment, forget he mentions >"NIP" device because this is almost always included in >PARMLIB(CONSOL##) which means you would have detached it. This is so >simple it's worth a try. I will, when I can--maybe this weekend! That might be the answer, because the original directory entry (I'm told) had the virtual console at 0009, but the CONSOLxx has it at 03E1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN