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The Question is: Normally, I use a monitor and keyboard with the CONSOLE variable set to GRAPHICS. Right now the monitor is acting up, so I transferred the console control to SERIAL with the command SET CONSOLE SERIAL and then INIT, which is required by our level of firm ware. The transfer of control worked fine; my terminal, which is plugged into TTA0, received the control prompt. I even tried SHOW CONSOLE to make sure that I could get a response, and it replied that the console was in SERIAL mode. But it won't boot. When I enter the B command, it just sits there and tries to read off the CD-ROM drive. I have tried this twice with the same result. I have done this before, successfully, with my current level of VMS (7.2-1) so I have no idea why it won't work now. Any ideas? Thanks -- Glen. The Answer is : The choice of console interface has little to do with the success or failure of the CD-ROM bootstrap sequence, this may be related to a hardware problem with the system itself or with the graphics controller (if a controller failure happens to be the cause of the unspecified problem with the monitor), or a problem with the CD-ROM drive or SCSI (or IDE) bus. This could potentially be a problem with the CD-ROM media itself or the CD-ROM drive firmware, obviously. With SCSI drives that require longer settling times, you may need to increase the value specified in the SCSI_RESET console environment variable -- certain older CD-ROM drives can potentially require settling time value settings as high as 6 in SCSI_RESET. You have not provided the (critical) details on the error message(s) reported (if any) and the specific model of Alpha system involved, the firmware revision, and the specific model of SCSI or IDE CD-ROM drive involved here. Please contact your hardware support organization for assistance.
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