Actually, I would use: $ set default sys$system $ mcr sysgen use current set startup_p1 "" write current exit $ reboot -Steve -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 08:42 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Noob question here: boot flags and such I've set my boot_flags to 0,0 in SRM, but it boots to a minimal DCL shell where I have to type @SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP to get the ball rolling How do I stop this? At some point in the past, you probably did a SET /STARTUP OPA0: in a conversational boot and omitted to do a SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0 afterwards. To put things back the way they were, do another conversational boot ie BOOT -fl 0,1 At the SYSBOOT> prompt, issue the commands: SET /STARTUP SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM CONTINUE Next time you boot, you should get the full startup automatically. Regards, Peter Coghlan.