I found out the it's not just doing an UPDATE NOCONFIG when loading a FACTORY PRELOADED TAPE, you also have to do:
1) reboot
2) RUN HPINSTALL.INSTALL;INFO="RECOVERY" to restore missing files after the update.
3) reboot again.
Thanks to HP who helped me out find the problem.
Jean Huot
Northern Credit Bureaus Inc.
(819) 762-4351
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