[Info-vax] OpenVMS STARTUP Whitepaper

[Dave Froble]

On 12/8/2020 7:34 PM, geze... at rlgsc.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 5:45:55 PM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 12/8/2020 11:10 AM, geze... at rlgsc.com wrote:
>>> On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 9:49:22 PM UTC-5, Edgar Ulloa wrote:
>>>> El jueves, 3 de diciembre de 2020 a las 10:56:44 UTC-5, geze... at rlgsc.com escribió:
>>>>> I have posted a whitepaper on OpenVMS STARTUP, discussing the capabilities of STARTUP.COM and its related files.
>>>>>
>>>>> The preliminary copy of the paper is at http://www.rlgsc.com/publications/openvmsstartupunderappreciatedflexibility.html.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
>>>> Bob it is a very complete writing, I thank you very much for the time you invest in this type of research and share it with the community. I appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>> very thankful
>>> Edgar,
>>>
>>> You are welcome. My pleasure.
>>>
>>> Since I posted the paper. I identified several errata. I corrected them and posted a revised copy (Revision 2020-12-06).
>>>
>>> - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
>>>
>> "Errata"?
>>
>> Is that the replacement word for "mistake"?
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> --
>> David Froble Tel: 724-529-0450
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> David,
>
> "Mistake" is singular. Errata is the plural of erratum.
>
> - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
>

Ok, then, "mistakes" ...

Since you took the time to write, I decided I should at least devote the 
time to read.  It is not something that most users will need to know 
about, but, knowledge is usually a good thing.

Overall, a nice description of the processing.

One thing I noticed by it's omission.  That is the admonishment to 
strictly stay out of the VMS startup procedures as much as possible. It 
is my firm belief that applications and users should have a different 
place than the OS startup.  At most the system startup could invoke user 
and application startups.

As an example, I use a separate batch job to start up DECnet, LAT, and 
TCP/IP.  I also use separate command files to startup applications. 
Prior to this, it is possible for an operator login on OPA0, should that 
be required.

Just my opinion, namely, "stay out of the OS stuff".

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David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-0450
Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc.      E-Mail: davef at tsoft-inc.com
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