Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!IAGO.CALTECH.EDU!zar From: zar@IAGO.CALTECH.EDU (Dan Zirin) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMAINT] And SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYSMAINT] Problems Message-ID: <870716152853.0g6@Iago.Caltech.Edu> Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 18:28:53 EDT Article-I.D.: Iago.870716152853.0g6 Posted: Thu Jul 16 18:28:53 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jul-87 01:22:14 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 18 I boobooed. I deleted all files in SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYSMAINT] and then deleted the directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[000000]SYSMAINT.DIR. Little did I know, SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYSMAINT] directory was a backup directory of SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMAINT] so all files in both directories were deleted and the backup directory pointer is screwed up. This neat trick also made booting standalone diags from the system disk impossible. Q: How do I repair this (780 RM05 VMS V4.5)? I know about SET FILE/ENTER and I should probably do a ANAL/DISK/REPAIR on the system disk (is this safe?). Anything else? Send replies to me and I'll give the net the answer that works (rather than clog info-vax more than it already is). From The (Tmp Humble) Zar ZAR @ XHMEIA.Caltech.Edu ZAR @ CITCHEM (bit) XHMEIA::ZAR (Span/Hepnet)