SUMMARY: Crashed HD and no command line console

From: James Hammett (james@che.utexas.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 16 2003 - 11:19:01 EDT

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Several people suggested that one of the options buried in the GUI
was to switch back to the text console. I eventually found it, I'll
paste the directions Travis Ostachuk sent me:

At 12:45 PM -0400 10/15/03, Osatchuk, Trevor wrote:
>1. After power up press F2 to enter setup
>2. Select CMOS setup
>3. Press F6 to enter advanced
>4. Tab to Console Selection
>5. Select Digital Unix Console (SRM)
>6. Press F10 key twice
>7. Press Enter
>8. Power Cycle.

Once I told did the power cycle the system booted up into Tru64
without any problems. (I think the GUI Console can't recognize UNIX
partitions, so that's why I though the HD had crashed).

thanks for the help,
James

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