Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes: Not really. If you restore the correct saveset (.B), you'll get the bootblock and other stuff setup correctly as a part of the procedure. Find the right saveset. .A is not it. Johnny That's what I said from the get-go and I was not familiar at all with the file he called out several messages back. There should be 4, IIRC, savesets labeled VMS046.A, .B, .C and .D. Restore the VMS046.B as an image to the boot drive and boot it. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.