HP Model 744 Installing the A4315A and A4316A HCRX/VME Graphics Options - Page 43

Permanently set the console path and monitor type with the boot console handler., Model 744:

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Setting Your Graphics Configuration 2. Permanently set the console path and monitor type with the boot console handler. The procedure for setting the console path and monitor type is differs according to the model SBC on which you installed the HCRX board. Follow the procedure appropriate for your SBC. Model 744: When you selected the boot console in the Step 1, the settings were stored in the Boot ROM. You only need to use the following procedure if you decide to change the boot console settings. a. When the Boot Console Handler's Main Menu is displayed, type pa con graphics(n) Enter where n is: 0 for onboard graphics, 1 for HCRX graphics, or 2 for an 8-plane graphics card. b. At the Main Menu, type: reset Enter to restart the system c. As the system boots, a message similar to the following appears: If monitor selection is correct, press any key other than or will time out in 10 seconds. If monitor selection is wrong, press to start monitor selection poll loop. If you press Tab or wait more than 10 seconds, the system cycles through all of the available monitor types one at a time. 3-7

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Setting Y
our Graphics Configuration
3–7
2.
Permanently set the console path and monitor type with the boot
console handler.
The procedure for setting the console path and monitor type is differs according to the
model SBC on which you installed the HCRX board. Follow the procedure appropriate
for your SBC.
Model 744:
When you selected the boot console in the Step 1, the settings were stored in the Boot
ROM. You only need to use the following procedure if you decide to change the boot
console settings.
a.
When the Boot Console Handler’s
Main Menu
is displayed, type
pa con graphics(
n
)
Enter
where
n
is:
0
for onboard graphics,
1
for HCRX graphics, or
2
for an 8–plane graphics card.
b.
At the
Main Menu
, type:
reset
Enter
to restart the system
c.
As the system boots, a message similar to the following appears:
If monitor selection is correct, press any key other
than <TAB> or will time out in 10 seconds.
If monitor selection is wrong, press <TAB> to start
monitor selection poll loop.
If you press
Tab
or wait more than 10 seconds, the system cycles through all of the
available monitor types one at a time.