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Re: How to boot VMS from a failed AUDIT writing

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From: Ben Pashkoff
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 12:23
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In article <1992Aug10.142728.4397@mic.ucla.edu>, shinn@agsm.ucla.edu (Shinn-Tzong Wu) writes:
|>
|>Hi, we just encounteded one of our worst nightmare, the VAXStation 3100
|>(running VMS 5.3) died probably because it ran out of disk space for
|>the AUDIT process.  Since the AUDIT process tried to write into the
|>full disk in the process of rebooting, there seemed to be no way that we
|>can bring the system up.  We tried to boot it from a stand alone tape but
|>it won't access to any of the disks.  Can anyone suggest any help?  Thanks...
|>
1) do not bother booting from tape, it will be a waste of LOTS of time.
2) boot a conversational bootstrap:
  >>b/1
  sysboot> set startup "min"
  sysboot> cont
3) login to system account
4) delete any LARGE files that are nont-needed. favorites may be old
OPERATOR.LOG files, NETSERVER.DAT files, .LOG files, etc.
ALSO it my be worthwhile to:
   ANAL/DISK/REP dka200:
   and
   SET VOL/REBUILD dka200:
4) MC SYSGEN
   SYSGEN> set startup ""
   SYSGEN> write active
   SYSGEN> write current
5) reboot
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|            Ben Pashkoff                 BEN@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL      |
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