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Dealing with a Boot Failure

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Dealing with a Boot Failure If the usual boot device (typically a disk) is not responding as it should, you must attempt to boot from the disk (or another boot device) by selecting it manually. To boot a device manually, follow these steps: 1. Turn off the power to your workstation for a few seconds. 2. Turn the power back on. The monitor displays the following screen: BootRom Version xxx.x Memory Size: xx MB (c) Copyright 1990-1993, Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved Press to stop boot sequence. Press and hold the Esc button as soon as the screen appears. 3. Release Esc when the screen displays the boot administration command menu followed by the BOOT_ADMIN> prompt. 4. List devices that contain bootable media by typing the following at the BOOT_ADMIN> prompt: BOOT_ADMIN> search Enter This causes your workstation to search exhaustively for bootable media. 4-10 Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting
Dealing with a Boot Failure
If the usual boot device (typically a disk) is not responding as it should, you must
attempt to boot from the disk (or another boot device) by selecting it manually.
To boot a device manually, follow these steps:
1.
Turn off the power to your workstation for a few seconds.
2.
Turn the power back on.
The monitor displays the following screen:
BootRom Version xxx.x
Memory Size: xx MB
(c) Copyright 1990–1993, Hewlett–Packard Company.
All rights reserved
Press <ESCAPE> to stop boot sequence.
Press and hold the
Esc
button as soon as the screen appears.
3.
Release
Esc
when the screen displays the boot administration command
menu followed by the
BOOT_ADMIN>
prompt.
4.
List devices that contain bootable media by typing the following at the
BOOT_ADMIN>
prompt:
BOOT_ADMIN>
search
Enter
This causes your workstation to search
exhaustively
for bootable media.