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.

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