[Info-vax] MOUNT/SYSTEM before SHADOWING license loaded: /SYSTEM vs. /NOSYSTEM

[khfp09]

On Feb 27, 2:13 am, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
undress to reply) wrote:
> For a long time now, I have been mounting /CLUSTER a shadowed disk which
> itself contains the license database.  At least when this is done at
> startup (and I have to do it at startup, since SYSUAF and most other
> files which one can move off the system disk are on it), it works, even
> though the shadowing license is not loaded until after this shadow set
> is mounted.
>
> Would such a mount work at startup but /NOSYSTEM?

This is actually easy to answer (unless my memory has gone
walk-about again...):  shadow sets *must* be mounted /SYSTEM.
End of story.

I don't remember the explanation for why this is, but it made
sense to me a the time.

   -Ken