[Info-vax] Booting an Alpha with expired clustering or shadowing licenses

[Paul Sture]

This problem only affects systems which have either clustering or shadowing
enabled and those licenses expired.  Observed most recently on V8.3, but
I am sure this bit with older versions too.

Even with STARTUP_P1 set to "MIN" set during a conversational boot, the
system will close down if either clustering or shadowing is enabled and
the relevant license(s) have expired.

Solution:

In the conversational boot:

SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN"
SET VAXCLUSTER 0
SET SHADOWING 0
SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0  ! (optional)
CONTINUE

and the system will come up to the point where you can apply your latest
Hobbyist licenses.

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