Thanks to all for the information. Just to let you know, I am still working on this and want to be sure that I know what and how I need to fi x before I try to start fixing. I have learned a lot of useful information - commands, techniques -- from you all and I really want to work through this so I can become a better
bear. I thank you for your patience. Ron, you mentioned changing the DEFAULTS for 3390. I thought about doing that after I discovered my problem, but I hesitated about it since the system itself seems to use this so I was not sure it was a good idea. Yo u pointed out that when you merged companies you ran into a problem with it , too. Unfortunate that the $xxxx$ defined in the base use END on the MDISK definitions which can only be defined as 3390. This seems a shortcoming when the actual DASD used is not interrogated for its specifications. Maybe what got me into the mess to begin with? have not determined that yet.
