> Is there a virtual "halt" button on a 200 4/166.
> There is, I am told over the phone, no physical halt button
> as on the 300lx. A local admin is in the loop where
> his machine is set to boot to multiuser mode, but he
> messed it up so it won't come up.
>
> Answer:
> =======
> No, unplug the boot drive and power up. The next stop will be the console.
Nope, wrong answer (well it works, but there is no reason to unplug
the disk for this).
Press the reset button and then press ^C when it tries to boot (after
the self-test, but before 'jumping to bootstrap code'). This should
leave you in the console mode (at least that's what I use on our 200
4/166). If you don't have a reset button you could use the big power
button instead (the rest of the procedure remains unchanged).
According to 'User Information, Appendix C' it is possible to change
the operation of this button from 'Reset' to 'Halt Interrupt Request'
by changing one jumper on the motherboard (jumper J3, page C-8).
^C is documented as meaning 'Terminates the foreground process' in
Table A-2, SRM Console Special Characters. The manual I have is
'Digital AlphaStation 200 Series, User Information,
Order Number EK-PCDTA-UI. D01').
> There is a reset button on the front middle of the system. It
> functions like the little blue button on the back of the 3000/300's
> under the SCSI connector.
>
> (editor: not on the one we have I am told (remote system, no local docs)
> I asked Paul what might explain this variation; redesign in
> mid production, overworked sleepless grad student sysadmin,
> poor communication skills, but so far, no reply)
Our definitely has one. It's a rather small button in the front of the
machine, adjacent to the power and hard-disk LED's.
(Since the summary left out vital information, and a lot of people
didn't seem to know this I decided to send a copy to the mailing
list).
Received on Fri Apr 28 1995 - 08:50:58 NZST