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Boot Administration Environment

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When the search ends, the following list of actions appears: b) Boot from specified device s) Search for bootable devices a) Enter Boot Administration mode x) Exit and continue boot sequence ?) Help Select from menu: If no disk devices are listed, then the workstation is failing to communicate with its disks. Recheck the SCSI connections and try again. If no devices are listed at all, try alternative methods for booting, such as connecting an external CD-ROM drive. 3. If the search locates a disk, attempt to boot from it by entering the b (boot) command and a device selection number from the list. For example, if a SCSI disk is listed as item P0 (as in the example list above), enter the following: Select from menu: b p0 Return After a few seconds, the boot messages begin to appear on the screen. You may hear sounds coming from the disk drive and see a sequence of changing patterns on the LED display. 4. If the workstation still fails to boot, there is either something wrong with the file system or with the hardware. Boot Administration Environment The Boot Console User Interface provides an "autoselect" or "interactive" environment after the power-on sequence. The Boot Console User Interface must be invoked before the Initial Program Loader (IPL) routine. Users do not have to interact with the interface when the AUTOSELECT mode is enabled. The Boot Console User Interface executes user-entered commands that perform the following functions: S Display the state of Autoselect mode using the AUTO command. S Set the state of the Autoselect mode using the AUTOSELECT command with either the ON or OFF option. S Boot from the primary or alternate boot path or any specified path using the BOOT command. S Set or display the real-time clock value using the DATE command (this command is not supported on Model 715/64, 715/80, , 715/100, and 715/100XC workstations). S Return to previous menu using the EXIT command. 4-14 Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting
When the search ends, the following list of actions appears:
b)
Boot from specified device
s)
Search for bootable devices
a)
Enter Boot Administration mode
x)
Exit and continue boot sequence
?)
Help
Select from menu:
If no disk devices are listed, then the workstation is failing to communicate
with its disks. Recheck the SCSI connections and try again.
If no devices are listed at all, try alternative methods for booting, such as con-
necting an external CD–ROM drive.
3.
If the search locates a disk, attempt to boot from it by entering the
b
(boot)
command and a device selection number from the list. For example, if a SCSI
disk is listed as item
P0
(as in the example list above), enter the following:
Select from menu:
b
p0
Return
After a few seconds, the boot messages begin to appear on the screen. You may
hear sounds coming from the disk drive and see a sequence of changing pat-
terns on the LED display.
4.
If the workstation still fails to boot, there is either something wrong with the
file system or with the hardware.
Boot Administration Environment
The Boot Console User Interface provides an “autoselect” or “interactive” environ-
ment after the power–on sequence. The Boot Console User Interface must be in-
voked before the Initial Program Loader (IPL) routine. Users do not have to interact
with the interface when the AUTOSELECT mode is enabled.
The Boot Console User Interface executes user–entered commands that perform the
following functions:
S
Display the state of Autoselect mode using the
AUTO
command.
S
Set the state of the Autoselect mode using the
AUTOSELECT
command with
either the
ON
or
OFF
option.
S
Boot from the primary or alternate boot path or any specified path using the
BOOT
command.
S
Set or display the real–time clock value using the
DATE
command (this com-
mand is not supported on Model 715/64, 715/80, , 715/100, and 715/100XC
workstations).
S
Return to previous menu using the
EXIT
command.