Re: boot from CD on an E20 RISC machine

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 11/26/03

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    Date:         Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:48:10 +0100
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    The 5 or F5 key (depending on whether you're using a
    graphics or ASCII console) should boot from the
    default bootlist.

    Simon Green
    Altria ITSC Europe Ltd

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Leyden, Joseph [mailto:LeydenJ@MTA.NET]
    > Sent: 26 November 2003 17:02
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: Re: boot from CD on an E20 RISC machine
    >
    >
    > I know on an H50 I hold down the number 1 key
    > to select my bootlist,
    >
    > but how do I do this on an old E20 machine?
    > I can not boot on my CD to upgrade to 5.0.
    >
    > I've tried "bootlist -m normal cd0 hdisk0"
    > but it still boots from the hard disk.
    > When I use tape rmt0 for cd0, it works OK.


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