David,

Yes it did help. Now the server start and stop with the following messages:

ANR0900I Processing options file C:\ADSMSERV\DSMSERV.OPT.

ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager for OS/2
Version 1, Release 2, Level 0.9/1.9

Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

5622-112 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 1994. All rights reserved.
U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure
restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation.

ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 10:17:34 on Oct 27 1995.
ANR0990I ADSM server restart-recovery in progress.
ANR0200I Recovery log assigned capacity is 8 megabytes.
ANR0201I Database assigned capacity is 104 megabytes.
ANR0306I Recovery log volume mount in progress.
ANR0353I Recovery log analysis pass in progress.
ANR0354I Recovery log redo pass in progress.
ANR9999D pkthread.c(736): Run-time assertion failed: "hdrP->magic ==
LOG_RECHDR_MAGIC", Thread 0, File logread.c, Line 523.
ANR7836S Server initialization terminated.
ANR7837S Internal error LOGREAD393 detected.

The info about the recovery log and database size is correct.

Reg's,

Jeff Mathers
Computer Data Systems Manager
The Protein/DNA Technology Center
The Rockefeller University
http://pdtc.rockefeller.edu