Soory for the delay but I wasn't allowed to reboot until today :-)
thanks to:
Graham Allan <ALLAN_at_mnhep.hep.umn.edu>
Dr Marco Luchini <m.luchini_at_ic.ac.uk>
eric chin <eric.chin_at_bbsrc.ac.uk>
Al Johnson Alpha_at_Ajc.state.net
Ryan Grisso <rgrisso_at_cml.me.berkeley.edu>
And special thanks to
Dr. Tom Blinn, tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com
who said
At the console firmware prompt, enter "set server on", since you are
using a serial console and don't have the workstation hardware (graphics,
keyboard, mouse) connected. If "server" is "off", then the system will
test graphics, keyboard, and mouse during power up self test, and if
they're not present, it will fail self-test.
Original Question:
>
> > I have a DEC Alpha 3000/600 which stops on power up because it complains
> > about a keybooard not being present, we have a vt320 as the console.
> > However if you type b at the >>> prompt it boots quite happily.
> > Is there a way to get it to ignore the keyboard 'error' and boot ?
Received on Sat Jul 10 1999 - 23:29:02 NZST