Don't know much about the EFI options but do you have a console cable for it? Just boot it plugged into another box via the console serial port. At least on my RX2600 it's a big weird DB connector joined to a cable that has like 3 DB9 serial connectors hanging off of it. Sampsa On 7 Jul 2011, at 23:15, Mark Benson wrote: Well I got my new disks today so I decided to throw VMS at my zx6000. No go. Boots okay from DVD-ROM but barfs instantly reporting: Unable to identify primary console device You must select a console input device from the boot manager menu I have checked and the USB port is selected as the Console Input Device. The keyboard works fine. I don't understand... :( -- 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..."