Donna,

My understanding is that when "source" autoboot file (like
autoout.hp36375.telesup) is copied to tape by sysgen, it is "renamed" to
autoboot.mpexl.sys and brought under that name upon next update.

I may be wrong but this is the way I understand it.

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"Donna Garverick" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Lars Appel wrote:
>
> > However, besides being on
> > LDEV 1, the AUTOBOOT file also needs to be entered
> > in the LIF directory read by the ISL. This will not
> > be updated by saving the new version in an editor.
>
> how 'sacred' is the name of this file??  does it have to be named
> 'autoboot'?  i'm guessing not, since i see that
> 'autoout.hp36375.telesup' is listed when i check in sysgen.  but
> wondering minds want to know -- if this is my autoboot file, why is
> 'autoboot.mpexl.sys' busy (owned by progen)?       - d
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