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

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <k64emh$nft$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm
<jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes: 

> It's standard not to MOUNT the system/boot shadow set in any
> command file. That is done, just as Phillip described, early
> and automaticly in the boot process, before the SYSTARTUP_VMS
> command file is called.
> 
>  From the beginning you manualy set the system parameter(s)
> SYSSHAD-something to the right value and reboot, that mounts
> automaticly the first DSA device as a single disk shadow set.

You can also specify the name as a parameter.  I've never done it 
without; perhaps it mounts the first DSA device but even if the first is 
what you want it is clearer to specify it.

> Then you manualy add the other disk and that is recorded on both
> system disks and used at the next reboot to automaticly mount
> both (or the single available) system disk(s).
> 
> In no case do you need a MOUNT of the system disk in any
> command file.

I agree with all except I would put the name of the system-disk DSA
device in MODPARAMS.DAT.