[Info-vax] VMS Farewell message?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <a16ae068-5aa7-433a-9a0d-f522226418b3 at f6g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, Wayne <weblis at monsanto.com> writes:
> We have an old VMS Server that is being retired.  It's a DS20 running
> OpenVMS 7.2-2.  Just as any other VMS server, when it shuts down, the
> last message before going to the boot prompt is "SYSTEM SHUTDOWN
> COMPLETE".
> 
>  For the final shutdown we are having a farewell celebration and I
> would like to change the final message to something more appropriate.
> Is there any way to change this "SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COMPLETE" message or
> add a message immediately before or after it?

   You have to find the hard coded string in one of the VMS core
   executables (possibly VMS.EXE) and patch it.  Then you may have to
   reboot to get it loaded.  You just might be able to find it in RAM
   and hack it there with a kernel mode routine.

   And if you goof, you get a fatal bugcheck and may be get to try
   again.