Re: Alpha PWS 500au - SRM console

From: Lord Isildur (isildur_at_andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: 07/28/03 

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:53:38 -0400 (EDT)

the halt button is on the front upper left of the machine. it is small,
about 1 mm high and about 1/4 inch wide, and recessed into the front panel.

Isildur

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Didier wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a PWS Alpha 500au running Red Hat Alpha/Linux 7.2 with the SRM option
> set to : 'set auto_action BOOT'
>
> That means the workstation boots the OS automaticaly...
>
> Now I want to do a fresh install of HP Tru64 UNIX (ver. 5.1b) and to do that
> I need to go back into the SRM console!
>
> There is no Halt button on this kind of workstation (only on Alpha
> servers...) and the ctrl+c doesn't work at boot time...I'm stuck !
>
> Anyone knows a workaround, a magic ctrl+..., any tricks to go back into the
> SRM console !?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated !
>
> Rgds,
> Didier
>
>
>
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