OK, some progress, but not enough.
AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS is indeed completely on LDEV 1.
I knew that the file needed to have some special characters at the end
(based on a post I saw on the ITRC). Mine has two LF characters on the end,
not a CR and an LF.
Unfortunately, that file is now permanently opened by PROGEN.PUB.SYS, even
though I've gone back into SYSGEN to "deconfigure" this file using "dauto".
So, I need to get PROGEN to release this file so I can edit it properly,
then set it back up, and lastly do the CSLT and update config to make it
happen.
How do I get PROGEN to release this file?
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ah. The update config is definitely what I'm missing.
>
> On 2/23/11, Gilles Schipper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > What you're missing is that the autoboot file has to be created with
> > some special characters.
> >
> > Assuming you want the autoboot behaviour to be a START NORECOVERY,
> > the the following demonstrates how to build and configure the autoboot
> file:
> >
> > Logon as MANAGER.SYS,
> >
> > :EDITOR
> > /A
> > 1 START NORECOVERY#@
> > 2 //
> > ...
> > /C '#' TO '13 IN 1<< changes # to be a CR >>
> > /C '@' TO '10 IN 1<< changes @ to be a LF >>
> > /KEEP AUTOBOOT,UNN
> >
> > 2.
> > :SYSGEN
> > SY
> > AAUTO FILE=AUTOBOOT.PUB.SYS TYPE=DISC
> > HOLD
> > E
> > KE
> > EXIT
> >
> > 3. Create new SLT tape
> >
> > 4. isl > autoboot on
> >
> > 5. update config
> >
> > The last step, UPDATE CONFIG is necessary to enable the autoboot file.
> >
> >
> > At 09:39 PM 2011-02-23, Mark Landin wrote:
> >>I am having difficulty using the autoboot functionality present in 7.5.
> >>
> >>I have set the AUTOBOOT flag to ON using ISL.That works fine.
> >>
> >>I have created a file called AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS. It contains the single
> >> line
> >>"START NORECOVERY" followed by a LF.
> >>
> >>Using SYSGEN, I executed
> >>
> >>AA AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS DISC
> >>
> >>which, if I understand the documentation correctly, should have told the
> >>system that, when booting from disc, use AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS as the
> >>autoexecute file when booting from a disc device.
> >>
> >>However, when actually booting, ISL complains that it cannot find a valid
> >>auto-execute file. Using LSAUTOFL also says it cannot find an
> auto-execute
> >>file.
> >>
> >>So what am I missing here?
> >>
> >>--
> >>"He's old enough to know what's right and young enough not to choose it.
> >>He's strong enough to win the world and weak enough to lose it." - Neal
> >>Peart
> >>
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>
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> it. He's strong enough to win the world and weak enough to lose it." -
> Neal Peart
>
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