Re: Alpha PWS 500au - SRM console

From: Keith A. Lewis (lewis_at_spyder.mitre.org)
Date: 07/28/03 

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:33:15 +0000 (UTC)

"Didier" <donotuse@skynet.be> writes in article <3f245b98$0$271$ba620e4c@reader0.news.skynet.be> dated Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:24:52 +0200:
>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 !?

^C should work, but if bootdef_dev is an internal drive you don't have very
much time. Keep hitting it.

If you shutdown Redhat normally, it should go to the console prompt.

There is a small halt button near the power button on the front.

If all 3 of those things fail, you can power down the machine and unplug the
hard drive. When you power up, you'll get a SRM error about not being able
to boot because the drive can't be found. You can "set auto_action halt"
from there and then power down again and reconnect the drive.

--Keith Lewis klewis$mitre.org
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.

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