Gavin,

I was just quoting what HP says on LaserRom

start quote:

The SYSSTART file must be created by MANAGER.SYS and needs to reside on
LDEV 1 to function properly.  Once the file is created, use the following
commands to copy the file to the appropriate location:

     HELLO MANAGER.SYS
     FILE SYSSTART;LDEV=1
     FCOPY FROM=tempfilename;TO=*SYSSTART;NEW

If an error exists in the SYSSTART file, the startup process ignores it
and continues execution.

end quote

Seeing how in her example, the file was on LDEV 33, I commented that that
might be the problem.

Gary L. Paveza, Jr.
Technical Support Specialist
All opinions are mine and not those of my employer

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Gavin Scott [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Friday, November 06, 1998 12:48 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        sysstart

        Kin writes:
        > Gary Paveza wins the wine coolers.  The file was on ldev 33
instead of ldev
        > 1.

        Fine, except that there is no requirement for SYSSTART to be on LDEV
1.

        SYSSTART is not accessed untill the system volume set is fully
mounted,
        so it can be spread across any volumes in MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET.

        Since PUB.SYS can't be moved to a user volume, you don't have to
worry
        about somehow getting it anywhere that it shouldn't be.  In fact, it
would
        probably still work if you put a copy of it on a user volume (still
with
        a creator of MANAGER.SYS) and replaced the PUB.SYS one with a
symbolic link
        pointing to the copy.

        G.