OpenVMS 7.3-2 boot problem after autogen

[Paul Janssen]

I have a DS10 with 7.3-2.
I installed the OS and everyting works fine.
I installed patch PCSI-V0300 and rebooted well.
Then I tried to install UPDATE_V1300. It needed more global sections (I needed 384 but only had 370). So I let autogen calculate (savparams to genparams) the values and the agen$params.report did not show any problems.
I ran autogen from savparams to reboot and could not boot as a result of this.
The error message just comes after %pka0...:

Error opening primary input file sys$input.
File specification syntax error.

I cannot boot in an emergency (with minimum startup, with default system parameters, without startup and login procedures) so it must be earlier on. Startup.com looks well to me, but it does not show the text: "The OpenVMS system is now executing the system startup procedure".

Anybody any ideas?
An inconsistency between sysboot, sysinit?
An hardware problem?
A timing problem? (it takes almost 2 minutes to pass byond the %pka0 line when booting from CD, but this may be normal).

Thanks

[Paul Janssen]

Posted on the wrong subforum.