On: Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:56:43PM -0400,Jim Bohnsack Wrote: > I'm seeing something very strange when I ipl a 2nd level VM system. I > first noticed it on z/VM 5.4, but this a.m. saw that z/VM 5.3 works the > same way. The Guide for Automated Installation and Service, which I was > following closely since I was installing from a DVD by way of an FTP > server, said that at the time of the first ipl, enter COLD DRAIN > NOAUTOLOG at the first ipl message. Normally I just press enter for > WARM. When I entered, or tried to enter, that, the keyboard on my > emulator locked. With a little poking around, I found that I can't > enter anything on the first screen. On the 2nd or subsequent screens, I > have an input enabled input area. On the first screen, it's input > inhibited. A little more poking around showed me that it only acts this > way on a screen that *IS NOT *a model 2 screen. A mod-2 3270 emulator > session works just fine. > > Before Chuckie or someone says that I should open a PMR, I have done > that, PMR 28075. I am using Tom Brennan's, Vista emulator. I'll try it > in the a.m. with another one or two emulators. In the meantime, > however, I would be interested in hearing from someone who has the > opportunity to ipl a 2nd level z/VM 5.4 or earlier while using an > emulator screen that is not configured as a mod-2 3270. What I'd like > to know is at ipl time, when you've got the first screen up with options > of WARM FORCE SHUTDOWN or what ever, if you can key anything it. You > don't have to enter it. 2nd and subsequent screens seem just fine.
Just a WAG, but is it possible that this emulator doesn't properly reset to model 2 mode when it gets an erase-write and its defined as non-model 2? -- Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L
