Did you try a simple

>START NORECOVERY

don't specify the config group?




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>
> Howdy -
>
> We just inherited an HP 3000/967.  After setup and power on, using the
> command:
>
> start norecovery group=conf9x72
>
> the system proceeds to boot, but once the message:
>
> Initialize resident kernel completed.
>
> is displayed, the system just hangs, never going any further.  It's
> been 15 years since I last worked on an MPE system, so needless to say,
> I'm vexed.  Any hints on how to determine what might be wrong?  The
> start command was given to us by the folks we got the system from, I
> assume it's correct.
>
> I've also gone into ODE and RUN MAPPER, and the output seems to
> indicate that there are actually three disks in the system, so I've
> also tried "group=conf9x73", with the same result.  Omitting the group
> clause altogether results in a system abort.
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
> ---dale
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