My understanding is that a RS (reset) starts by zeroing memory, then continues with the restart. A TC (Transfer control) merely skips the zeroing part. So if the RS takes 45 minutes, the TC should take 45 minutes minus a fraction of a second. If you are performing a dump, then RS will zero out everything in memory making the dump useless. Use a TC in that case. If you are rebooting the system, use a RS to zero out memory, just in case something in the OS is assuming that memory is initially zeroed. Steve On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:09:05 -0500 (Central Daylight Time), Jean Huot <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I had a 957 cpu powered off accidently when for some reason it happened what I put the power plug on to a DDS1 drive. > >It usually takes 45 minutes to reboot the system when it does a memory self-check. > >So to save time I tried TC (which I recall does not do a memory self-check), however the system did not come back on, so I opted for RS. Could it be that TC (warmstart) is only good when there is no power failure? > > >Jean Huot >Northern Credit Bureaus Inc. >