RISC6000 7007 POWERportable N40 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Jan 2001

Thanks Pat for the Help.

I got a cable adapted to the SCSI Stub Cable and the unit found the SCSI
CD-ROM And I was able to load the OS off the CD.

I have loaded the root , its password, and built myself a user account as
well.

The CD load however disagrees with the release notes on finding the Xinit
X-windows AIX application.  So it appears I will be looking for a general
guide on navigating AIX,its tools, and applications.

Right now all I can confirm is that the N40 loads in the High Function
Terminal mode. (HFT)  The release notes infer that I should be able to load
a windowed menu application from the command line be simply typing "xinit" -
this is not happening.

I will be looking for more web based reference Material.  Any pointers are
still greatly appreciated.

Sincerely 
Larry Truthan

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Barron [mailto:pat@transarc.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:38 AM
To: Truthan,Larry
Cc: &#39;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&#39;
Subject: RE: RISC6000 7007 POWERportable N40

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.