Had the exact same problem a few weeks ago going to a 12H..It was due to configs from the old disks pointing to the non useable controller of the 12H..Booting in single-disc single-user was the fix then cleaning up the configs. HTH > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Barnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:36 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Problem during Autoraid 12H Installation > > > So who has nothing better to do an a Sunday afternoon ;-) ...... > > I am working with a site who is doing an installation of an > AutoRAID 12H today. After doing the INSTALL, when they try > and boot they get the following error when they try and logon > as MANAGER.SYS: > > Unable to obtain temp "direc" on ldev 20 in jsmain > > I had the site reboot and do a START NORECOVERY NOSYSSTART > but they still get the same error. This location is > replacing all their existing disc (old 2490 drives) with this > AutoRAID drive. > > They have successfully booted to the AutoRAID in SINGLE-USER > mode, but not yet in MULTI-USER mode. > > I have done a ton of INSTALL's and never seen this error > before, and neither has the engineer doing the work. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated ! > > Dan Barnes > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *