On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Steve Davidson wrote: The cluster/satellite connection is always an option and I have suggested it to Fred more than a few times (sorry Fred), but it still doesn't explain the problem. We though we had an answer late last night but to no avail. That's OK, a colleague of mine suggested the same thing too, but I was determined to get the Infoserver to work ... (still am as I like the concept) I do like Gerry's idea of using a SIMH VAX to get things up and running, booting the physical VAX as a satellite which would then pose no risk to MISER. FRUGAL:: is now turned on and you can access the console if you wish. Fred