Mark, Wrong machine... "boot -fl 0,1" not "boot/r5:..." I was in VAXen mode not Alpha... :-) -Steve -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Steve Davidson Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 17:44 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: RE: [HECnet] Introduction Mark, If you can get to the system console prompt ">>>" then boot into converstional mode "boot/r5:00000001 <boot_dev>:". At "SYSBOOT>" Type "SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN" Type "CONTINUE" This should bring the system up without DECwindows. At this point install your licenses. I would NOT install every license it is a real pain to delete them all when you have to renew them each year. I usually wind up "fixing" this on several machines within HECnet. Before rebooting, execute the following: $ SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM $ MCR SYSGEN SYSTEM> USE CURRENT SYSGEN> SET STARTUP_P1 "" SYSGEN> WRITE CURRENT SYSGEN> EXIT $ $ REBOOT -Steve Davidson -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Mark Benson Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 16:15 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Introduction Well I'm stuck now. I couldn't get my Licenses to validate during install so I skipped that part and put them in later. I put in the base license for OPENVMS-ALPHA and rebooted the machine. Now I am presented with a DECwindows login screen (which is some welcome progress) and I can't log in because I get the 'LMF license check has failed' error (no DECwindows license??). If I could get out to a command-line terminal I can input some more licenses but, unlike any other CDE/Motif system I've used before the 'Options' menu has no 'Command Line Login' option. Is there a boot flag from the SRM console or a special keystroke command I can issue, or any other method to get me to a command line? Also does anyone know which licenses I will need to enter and operate the DECwindows 1.6 environment? -- Mark Benson My Blog: <http://markbenson.org/blog> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mdbenson "Never send a human to do a machine's job..."