[Info-vax] Reconfiguring VMS 6.2 - Shadow set question

supervinx nessuno at libero.it
Mon Oct 22 15:56:16 EDT 2012


Il Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:42:28 +0000, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply ha
scritto:

> In article <k62ou3$alf$1 at tdi.cu.mi.it>, supervinx <nessuno at libero.it>
> writes:
> 
>> > $ mount dsa0: /shadow=($1$dka100:,$1$dka200 /system  V47701_sys
> 
> If it really is the system disk, you shouldn't have this command as part
> of the startup.  Use such a command ONCE to create a shadow set, then
> put both physical devices into the boot-device console variable.  When
> you specify a device at boot, specify just one.  (Having the list
> enables an automatic boot if one member doesn't work, resulting in a
> one-member shadow set (assuming you have 2 altogether).)  The shadow set
> will be formed very early in the boot sequence.  Think about it:
> normally you don't MOUNT the system disk, since it is already known from
> the boot; same with a shadow set as the system disk.

You mean I can remove safely this line from the customized startup file ?
What else should I change ?
I removed all references to DKA200: and DKA400: disks (the missing ones)
and everything works well.



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