> On Jun 12, 2015, at 04:01, Peter Coghlan <cct...@beyondthepale.ie> wrote: > > If the machine just sits there indefinately after loading the MSCP disk > server, > you probably don't have enough cluster votes to proceed and the best thing to > do is perform a conversational boot which usually involves setting the least > significant bit of register R5 to 1 before booting. How exactly to do this > varies from processor to processor and I don't know how to do it for an > 11/730. > > When you manage to do this and try booting again, you should get a "SYSBOOT>" > prompt and you could: > > SHOW VAXCLUSTER > SHOW VOTES > SHOW EXPECTED_VOTES > SET VAXCLUSTER 0 > SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0 > CONTINUE > > to confirm that the issue is with cluster votes, turn off clustering and > proceed with the boot process.
Thanks, that works! I also turned off write lock, which makes it happier. Wow, that boot sure takes forever. What the heck is it *doing* for all of that time? :) And at the moment, it's still booting, as I sip my morning coffee. Just started printing like heck and beeping... Ah, it's printing all of the licenses that have terminated. Maybe I should have lied about the date? Looks like the hostname is PIKE. Sure glad my iPhone boots more quietly. VMS use not authorized on this node. I sure hope it won't enforce that before I can try a backup! Finally! A login prompt! And no clue about the passwords. Uh, how can I shut this beast down without a valid login? !? Great. :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/
