[Info-vax] The dangers of extended uptime. Was: Re: swap and page files

[Bob Koehler]

In article <kc4mtj$f5h$1 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
> In article <kc4l71$gai$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
> <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 
> 
>> Alpha loads AlphaBIOS, which gets you nowhere with booting VMS.
> 
> That is the case on the PWS.  Didn't older ALPHAs always boot properly, 
> even without a battery?
> 
>> VAX prompts for the time.  Or boots with a wacky time on older versions, IIRC.
>> Haven't encountered a dead battery in an Itanium.  Yet.
> 
> Isn't there a timeout after which it stops asking for the time?

   There is a SYSGEN parameter which controls the behaviour.  Default
   setting is to prompt until answered.