I'm intrigued by the idea of adding EDITOR/QUAD and/or SYSSTART to an SLT, but since I always include a STORE of PUB.SYS and the TELESUP account on my SLT it doesn't really seem necessary; I could always RESTORE what I needed onto LDEV 1 if I booted in SINGLE-DISK mode. And I agree that the usefulness of SYSSTART in that scenario is questionable at best. Donna after me: >> !if finfo("sysstart","ldev") <> 1 >> ! if finfo("sscopy","exists") >> ! purge sscopy >> ! endif >> ! copy sysstart,sscopy >> ! purge sysstart >> ! build sysstart;rec=-72,,f,ascii;dev=1;disc=![finfo("sscopy","eof")],1,1 >> ! fcopy from=sscopy;to=sysstart >> !endif >> ... >> >> The above builds a new SYSSTART file the same size as your old one (and >> reserves the space for it) on LDEV 1, then FCOPYs the contents from your >> original SYSSTART file (now in SSCOPY) into it. Oh, and you should still do >> the ALTSEC stuff, that's a great idea. > > We're not seeing all the changes you might have made, i hope... what if > sysstart has changed? does it get copied into sscopy in a different > step? - d It does it on line 5. You probably missed it because I reversed the order you used. And if SYSSTART *hasn't* changed since I last did this, it should still be on LDEV 1 and none of this will happen anyway. Patrick (using MPEX is still easier...) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patrick Santucci HPe3000 Systems Administrator Cornerstone Brands, Inc. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *