Subject: Re: Problem installing RS6000(IBM powerstation 530H)
From: drew weirshousky (drew@plugnpay.com)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 12:02:56 MDT
root wrote:
>
> hi,
> I own a rs6000 powerstation but Iīm not able to get the open prompt, I
> donīt know about the
> E1F1 prompt, this model have one display that show numbers when starting (3
> numbers like
> 128,350,etc) and one key that can be in diferent modes, normal, secure and
> service.
> The station have AIX instaled. If someone know anything more I would be
> very happy to kick
> the yellowdog in my risc.
> Thanks in advance.
Hmmm I can't remeber but if this is the machine that came before the 590 595
series to boot into the diag mode you need to shutdown and power down the
machine.
Then turn the key to service mode and power the system back up. It will
probably
take forever to boot while it detects hardware and such but it should boot into
a diagnostic mode similar to that of the 40p/43p machines. This is where you
can
set all that fun boot info. You might want to look into hardware support for
this
machine. If I right about my thinking there is some ancient MCA hardware in
this
system and a very weird memory bus and such. Also make sure the machine has the
usual Y2K updates. I remember the 595 needed a lot of updates I can't imagine
how
many the 530 needs.
This should work for you if I'm thinking of the right model. I never actually
worked
on a 530 but the 590/595's are the same machine with updated SCSI and CPU's. Be
careful
they are touchy machines that don't like to be messed with.
--
Drew Plug n Pay
I won't buy a cd if I can't listen to it first.
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