From: John Jolet (john.jolet@FXFN.COM)
Date: Fri Jan 23 2004 - 11:55:31 EST
sorry, there's an easier way. just issue the "halt" command. then hit enter
with the machine off. you should get to the service processor menu then, and
there should be a boot to service mode option from those menues.
On Friday 23 January 2004 10:30 am, you 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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