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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Boot VAX3800 problem, help please!
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 13:45:37 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <1993Jan5.175824.4035@proton.llumc.edu>,<5JAN199321194117@spades.aces.com>
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- In article <5JAN199321194117@spades.aces.com>, gavron@spades.aces.com (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546) writes:
- =In article <1993Jan5.175824.4035@proton.llumc.edu>, lin@primus.llumc.edu (P. James Lin) writes...
- =#
- =#When I boot VAX3800 VMS5.3-1 which recovered for power supply failured,
- =#message
- =# Error opening primary input file SYS$INPUT
- =# Error in device name or inappropriate device type for operation
- =#
- =#What is it? How Should I take care of it?
- =
- = I suspect that somewhere in your startup procedures you
- = are using SYS$INPUT. Instead of SYS$INPUT which may point
- = to the startup database, use SYS$OUTPUT which points to the
- = console output.
- =
- = Normal .COM file: $ define sys$command "''f$trnlnm("sys$input")'"
- = Startup .COM file:$ define sys$command "''f$trnlnm("sys$output")'"
-
- Sorry, Ehud, but your explanation seems very unlikely. Something's complaining
- it can't open its "primary input file." That's an error message associated
- usually with process creation, not with other uses of SYS$INPUT. I don't want
- to bring down any of the systems I manage, but I'd guess the <Startup> process
- can't find the startup file given by the SHOW/STARTUP command in SYSBOOT.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-