[Info-vax] delay in startup

[Paul Sture]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:04:19 +0000, VAXman- wrote:

> In article <lb7a49-kge.ln1 at Ubuntu.mike-r.com>, Henry Crun
> <mike at rechtman.com> writes:
>>On 27/03/12 21:43, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>>> In article<rpo849-fm3.ln1 at news.sture.ch>, Paul Sture<paul at sture.ch>
>>> writes:
>>>
>>>> You can log the execution of STARTUP.COM to STARTUP.LOG with the
>>>> correct SYSMAN STARTUP incantations (or via the SYSGEN STARTUP_P2
>>>> parameter).
>>>
>>> Right.  I've never bothered with this.  Is there any reason NOT to
>>> define it?  If so, what do people recommend?  "D"?
>>>
>>IIRC I've used "VD". Also: remember to purge STARTUP.LOG periodically,
>>especially if you frequently reboot.
> 
> I user "VDC" -- I remember it as "Vdc" (Volts Direct Current)
> 
> Your options are:
> 
> $if f$locate("V",p2) .nes. f$length(p2) then stdrv$verify = stdrv$true
> $if f$locate("D",p2) .nes. f$length(p2) then stdrv$log = stdrv$true $if
> f$locate("C",p2) .nes. f$length(p2) then stdrv$verbose = stdrv$true $if
> f$locate("P",p2) .nes. f$length(p2) then stdrv$comp_verify = stdrv$true

Yes, and "VDC" is what the SYSMAN command sets it to:

SYSMAN> STARTUP SET OPTIONS/VERIFY=FULL/OUTPUT=FILE/CHECKPOINTING
SYSGEN> USE CURRENT
SYSGEN>  SHOW STARTUP_P2
Parameter Name    Current
--------------    -------
STARTUP_P2         "VDC "

At startup you then see this on the console:

%STDRV-I-STARTUP, OpenVMS startup begun at 28-MAR-2012 22:09:45.08
%STDRV-I-LOG, startup output is being written to SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.LOG

However, SYSMAN is not recommended, for after an AUTOGEN, the setting 
reverts:

$ mc sysgen show startup_p2
Parameter Name    Current
--------------    -------
STARTUP_P2         "    "
$

So you should put 

STARTUP_P2="VDC"

into your MODPARAMS.DAT to ensure it sticks.

-- 
Paul Sture