Re: Losing Device Descriptions when system is powered down

["Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Grizzly M. wrote:
> The printers are non-IBM label printers. If I turn auto configuration
> off then the devices will not be auto configured on start but they will
> still be dropped when the system is IPL'd. Is that correct? Then I'll
> just have to run the CRT* command. If that's the case then it's better
> than having to first delete the autoconfiged devices before creating the
> correct devices. And it could be automated.

NO!

Turning OFF Automatic Configuration solves your problem, once the devices 
are created the way you want them to exist.  They will NOT be deleted by any 
subsequent IPL's as long as autoconfig is turned off.

As far as I know, automatic configuration occurs under three basic 
circumstances:

1) If you turn a device off and back on while the system is running
2) If you disconnect & reconnect a device while the system is running
2) Upon system IPL, if the device is turned on and connected to the system 
and the system senses that the device description does not match the 
"signature" that it senses from the actual device.

Regards,
Steve