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Article #102Re: How to boot VMS from a failed AUDIT writing
From: Ben Pashkoff
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 12:23
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 -- ________________________________________________________________________ | Ben Pashkoff BEN@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL | | | | "There is nothing better for the body than silence." Pirke Avot 1:17 | |______________________________________________________________________|
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Newsgroups: vmsnet.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.univie.ac.at!blekul11!frmop11!barilvm!technion!discus.technion.ac.il!news From: ben@ccbenj.technion.ac.il (Ben Pashkoff) Subject: Re: How to boot VMS from a failed AUDIT writing Message-ID: <1992Aug11.122316.26920@discus.technion.ac.il> Sender: news@discus.technion.ac.il Nntp-Posting-Host: ccvs1.technion.ac.il Reply-To: ben@ccbenj.technion.ac.il (Ben Pashkoff) Organization: Technion IIT, Haifa Israel References: <1992Aug10.142728.4397@mic.ucla.edu> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 12:23:16 GMT Lines: 34