> is a required volume is missing during the initial startup - why not simply > create one ?
My thoughts, exactly. Until I realized that I don't have a functioning OpenVMS system to create one with. As Rob suggested, I could have installed OpenVMS to another "disk" (i.e. container file). However, in the end this turned into a learning experience, which was much better. With a little (OK, a lot of) help from my friends and the System Manager's Manual, I managed to do a conversational boot with minimum startup (described in Section 4.5.3. of the manual), and from there it was no problem to delete the offending MOUNT line from SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM. I also learned to always use the /NOASSIST option to MOUNT. Nathan _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
