zar@IAGO.CALTECH.EDU (Dan Zirin) (07/17/87)
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)