[Info-vax] Newbie II: proper dismount

[Mike Rechtman]

Slor wrote:
> Ok, one other question for the helpful souls here...  I have the symbol 
> "BOOT" defined as follows to be able to reboot from a telnet/ssh 
> terminal:
> 
> $ show sym boot
>   BOOT == "RUN /DETACHED /INPUT=SYS$APPS:[TOOLS]BOOT.COM /OUTPUT=NL: SYS
> $SYSTEM:LOGINOUT.EXE"
> 
> And the boot.com script is simply this single line:
> 
> $ type sys$apps:[tools]boot.com
> $ @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN 0 SHUTDOWN NO YES LATER YES NONE
> 
> Whenever I reboot my machine that way (or shut it down with the proper 
> argument change for SHUTDOWN and power back on), it comes back up with 
> this:
> 
> %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, APPS mounted on _AS600$DKA100:
> %MOUNT-I-REBUILD, volume was improperly dismounted; rebuild in progress
> %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, USER mounted on _AS600$DKA300:
> 
> I assume the improper dismount is the USER volume, since the message 
> comes before the mount message.  If I do the same reboot from the hard 
> console
> 
> $ show sym reboot
>   REBOOT == "@SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN 0 SHUTDOWN NO YES LATER YES NONE"
> 
> then I do NOT get the message.  Seems like something I read a while back 
> when I first noticed this led me to believe it _could_ just be due to a 
> bug in OpenVMS 8.3, but I'm inclined to think I have something setup 
> wrong.  So, is there a piece I don't have quite right for this to do a 
> clean shutdown?  Perhaps I'm missing something in part of the system 
> shutdown routine that actually does the dismounting?  If someone knows a 
> fix, I'd be glad to have it.
> 
> thanks!
> James
> 
The command file you're running keeps SYS$APPS from being properly 
dismounted
Have a look at $ MC SYSMAN SHUTDOWN NODE ....

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