On 11/10/2016 18:56, James B. Byrne wrote:
> On Tue, October 11, 2016 13:21, Craig Lalley wrote:
>> James,
>> Just a SWAG, but my guess is the system disc, ldev 1, bit the dust.
>> You MAYBE able to recover with a CSLT long enough to do a backup, but
>> I would not bet on it.
>> -Craig
>>
> On Tue, October 11, 2016 13:31, Keven Miller wrote:
>> yes, I've seen this when system cannot find a/the disc to boot from.
>>
> Well, I have a service call into our local TP support.  And I have
> three spare drives in house.  And I have a full backup done this
> morning at ~04:00 local.  So, providing that the tape is ok and that
> the dds3 drive does not choose this opportune time to hiccup, things
> should be ok; Eventually.

If you have a CSLT you could try booting from an alternate path, and see 
if it boots it would probably confirm that its failing to find/read 
ldev1.  I assume you meant MPE/iX 6.5 on a 918?


Alan

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