12 Jan
2001
12 Jan
'01
10:37 a.m.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Truthan,Larry wrote:
The "66" entry is invalidated in the 10
element diagnostic menu and the sub
menues under each element. The initial sevice selection is "language
select"). I havent tried "66" at the language select. On the first pass,
I
am not making headway with your suggestion.
Oh, also, just to clarify - the menu I am talking about is the AIX
diagnostic menu, which only has 4 or 5 choices on it as far as I recall.
This is accessed by booting AIX in "Service Mode". This isn't to be
confused with the diagnostics in the firmware (whose menu apparently has
10 entries).
I poked around and found a document that might help you:
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RS/6000 N40 Laptop
* Setting the System to Service Mode:
1. Press the key sequence [Pause][R] to reset the N40 (or power it off).
2. Then interrupt with [Pause][K] key sequence as soon as the IBM logo
appears.
3. After several seconds, a language selection menu will appear; select
appropriate language.
4. Then press 99 to go to the main menu
5. Select #7 (Change Soft-Keyswitch Setting).
6. Select #3 (Service).
7. Then press 99 to go to the main menu.
8. Select #10 to start the boot off the CD.
* Limitations:
The 7007-N40 is supported by a special N40 version of
AIX 3.2.5.
The 7007-N40 is NOT supported at AIX V4.
The support for the 7007-N40 and N40 AIX 3.2.5 has
been withdrawn,
thus questions are answered on a best effort basis.
* Information
Software maintenance on this system can be done by
booting off the
AIX 3.2.5 for N40 cdrom. To do this, attach the cdrom drive to
the
SCSI bus.
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You already knew most of this, but I'm sending it along in case it
might help.
--Pat.