Thank you Gilles!
I deleted the extraneous link and re-validated. That worked fine.
I didn't know where the delete function was and didn't want to go
randomly punching buttons on the outside chance I'd find it.
Gilles Schipper wrote:
> A couple of ways.
>
> The easiest would be to simply copy NMCONFIX.PUB.SYS over
> NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS and re-validate.
>
> This NMCONFIX file represents the state of your NMCONFIG file when you
> last performed a START NORECOVERY.
>
> Alternately, you should be delete the extraneous link via the "NS",
> "Unguided Config", "Go to Link" screen functions of NMMGR.
>
>
> At 07:12 PM 2008-02-06, John MacLerran wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I was attempting to document one of my system processes that involves
>> going
>> into NMMGR and adding printer devices to a pseudo-lj class.
>> Inadvertently,
>> I typed the pseudo-lj device name into the Link Name field (which
>> usually
>> contains LANLINK), resulting in an NMCONFIG file that won't validate
>> (it
>> says: The same physical path is being used at link LANLINK DTS
>> ERR=4). It
>> thinks that LANLINK and pseudolj are both on the same physical path,
>> but I
>> can't see how to delete the phony pseudolj link name entry.
>>
>> Fortunately, I have a backup of the NMCONFIG file before I changed
>> it. But,
>> when I copy that backup file over the invalid one, I get the following
>> message when I try to validate:
>> 'CTL error. NMCONFIG is not the one booted. Dyn config rejected.' (I
>> told it
>> to have all changes take effect now, even though I hadn't made any
>> changes.)
>>
>> How can I get the appropriate NMCONFIG file back in place and validated?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> John MacLerran
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