Frank M. Ramaekers writes: > But I'm still confused. Back at home I have to 2nd level VMs named > VMTEST and VMNEW. They IPL CMS and run an PROFILE EXEC. Both are > exactly the same: [...] > "CP IPL 06F8 CLEAR LOADPARM 0009" [...] > Yet, they IPL differently (VMNEW is 6.1 and VMTEST is 5.4 @ 1003):
CP choose what operator console to use by looking through the devices listed in the Operator_Consoles statement in SYSTEM CONFIG (or overriden by CONS=nnn via SAL). The difference you saw would happen if VMTEST had your console address listed in Operator_Consoles (or CONS=0009 stamped into the SAL settings via SALIPL) and VMNEW did not. VMNEW would then fall through to the "System_Console" which usually sits at the end of the Operator_Console list and prompt you via SCLP/VINPUT. --Malcolm -- Malcolm Beattie Mainframe Systems and Software Business, Europe IBM UK
