[HECnet] Introduction

[Steve Davidson]

Mark,

Wrong machine...

"boot -fl 0,1" not "boot/r5:..."

I was in VAXen mode not Alpha... :-)

-Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Steve Davidson
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 17:44
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: RE: [HECnet] Introduction

Mark,

If you can get to the system console prompt ">>>" then boot into
converstional mode "boot/r5:00000001 <boot_dev>:".

At "SYSBOOT>"

Type "SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN"
Type "CONTINUE"

This should bring the system up without DECwindows.   At this point
install your licenses.   I would NOT install every license it is a real
pain to delete them all when you have to renew them each year.   I
usually wind up "fixing" this on several machines within HECnet.   Before
rebooting, execute the following:

$ SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM
$ MCR SYSGEN
SYSTEM> USE CURRENT
SYSGEN> SET STARTUP_P1 ""
SYSGEN> WRITE CURRENT
SYSGEN> EXIT
$
$ REBOOT

-Steve Davidson



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Mark Benson
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 16:15
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Introduction

Well I'm stuck now. I couldn't get my Licenses to validate during
install so I skipped that part and put them in later. I put in the base
license for OPENVMS-ALPHA and rebooted the machine. Now I am presented
with a DECwindows login screen (which is some welcome progress) and I
can't log in because I get the 'LMF license check has failed' error (no
DECwindows license??).

If I could get out to a command-line terminal I can input some more
licenses but, unlike any other CDE/Motif system I've used before the
'Options' menu has no 'Command Line Login' option.

Is there a boot flag from the SRM console or a special keystroke command
I can issue, or any other method to get me to a command line?

Also does anyone know which licenses I will need to enter and operate
the DECwindows 1.6 environment?

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