From: Bob Booth - UIUC (booth@UIUC.EDU)
Date: Fri Jan 23 2004 - 11:48:18 EST
It is an 'electronic' mode switch which you access as the system powers up.
In most cases, you hit the F1 key or the 1 key (depending on the type of
console you have), after the 'keyboard' symbol is displayed on the console.
This will get you to a console service mode menu.
You will be able to change the boot list from that menu, or change the
electronic mode switch to service. Normally, you just tell it where to
boot from ie: CDROM, network, tape, etc.
Check the system users guide for details on how to access this mode for your
particular system.
hope this helps.
bob
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:30:25PM +0000, Jan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I must admit, I feel rather stupid for asking this, but....
>
> I have two RS/6000s in my keeping and I am writing some simple howtos
> about our systems. For all the other UNIXes I have found docs that
> describe how to boot up in single user mode, and I understand that this
> is called 'service mode' in AIX. But all my docs say 'turn the key to
> *Service*' - which doesn't help a lot since my machines don't have a key
> (that I can see, at least). The HW is 'IBM eServer pSeries 610 Model
> 6C1' - it even looks like the drawing in one of the manuals.
>
> So, how do I do this? I know I can boot from the installation CD, but I
> would like to keep it locked away - and also, I can't imagine that it
> isn't possible, even simple, to do it without.
>
> /jan
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