Re:
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> When booting with a START RECOVERY, the default configuration group is
> BOOTUP.

The START command has an optional "GROUP=" phrase.  If you omit it,
it's equivalent to saying "GROUP=CONFIG".

The RECOVERY keyword says: regardless of what group I'm specifying in
the START command, please read the I/O configuration from the group BOOTUP...
but *do* remember the group I specified, just in case someone someday should
want to know the name.

> A copy of the system configuration used during the last hard boot,
> START NORECOVERY, is placed in the BOOTUP group for recovery purposes.
> Changes to the system configuration can not be saved to the BOOTUP group.
> This is usually a give away that the system was last started with a RECOVERY.

BTW, the free DMESG program (www.allegro.com/software/) and the TELESUP equivalent
can be used to view the startup info (unless too many messages were logged).

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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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