>cat /etc/log
... and since you can't "cat" unless OMVS initialization is complete, you might want to redirect /etc/log to the SYSLOG. Delete the /etc/log file and create a symlink instead, pointing to /dev/console. -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN