Could be. Depends if you have the IPL CMS AUTOCR in the directory statement. If you don't have that statement, then yes it will pause until you hit the equivalent of the 3270 ENTER key. Steve
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Woehr Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:09 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: lOGON WITH OUT ipL'ing Bob Bates wrote: > Well depending on if you get the VM READ before the PROFILE runs, just enter AC ( NOPROF. If you don't get the read LOGON userid NOIPL, the IPL CMS, the AC ( NOPROF. > I'm having the opposite of a senior moment (or something). Here's something I never knew: Is that why the terminal "hangs" (my unixy interpretation for the past 15 years) after you IPL ... so you can enter special commands before your CMS guest actually loads? Is that VM READ part of CMS or CP or something in-between? -- Jack J. Woehr # I run for public office from time to time. It's like http://www.well.com/~jax # working out at the gym, you sweat a lot, don't get http://www.softwoehr.com # anywhere, and you fall asleep easily afterwards.
