Ron writes:

> We are on a 918 with MPE/iX 6.0 PP4.
>
>  The system hangs when we attempt to change the tiime during system startup
>  right after the "ISL> START NORECOVERY" prompt and response.
>
>  I saw a message about turning Auto LF off, but it is not on.
>
>  Has anyone solved this problem yet?
>
>  Is there a patch or newer release that fixes this.
>
>  Thank you for any help.

The patch is: "Don't do that!" :-).

It seems to be a peculiarity of the 918, but I think everyone that has a 918
has been bitten by this particular problem. The machine isn't hung, per se.
Rather what it's doing is gradually adjusting its clock to match your new
specification. If you leave it for a few hours (or days), it will come back
to you and you can then complete the boot-up.

As I say, the fix is: don't set the time there. Ignore the wrong time during
boot-up and fix it later, using SETCLOCK, once you've got MPE up and
operational. Once you've done that once, you'll never really have any trouble
again, if for no other reason than any future corrections won't be that much
if you do attempt to do them again during the boot phase.

Wirt Atmar