Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!husc6!rutgers!psuvax1!news From: ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Dan &) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: How to force booting from a floppy on RT after changing NVRAM? Message-ID: Date: 10 Aug 90 14:58:01 GMT References: <8207@ncar.ucar.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Computer Science Department, Penn State University Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: karl@tobago.cgd.ucar.edu's message of 9 Aug 90 22:43:22 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: colossus.cs.psu.edu In article <8207@ncar.ucar.edu> karl@tobago.cgd.ucar.edu (Karl Sierka) writes: Karl> I stupidly changed the NVRAM in my RT to boot from who-knows-what. How do Karl> I get the thing to boot from the diags diskette in the floppy Karl> drive? Upon power up, or , some numbers flash on Karl> the LED, then it beeps and hangs with the LED readout saying 29. Karl> Any clues? Please email and I will summarize. How about unplugging the battery back up and waiting an hour or so. Then rerun the maintenance diskette to initialize the NVRAM. -- Dan Ehrlich /Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176