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Halting AlphaStation? Upgrade woes?

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The Question is:

 
I have 2 questions that relate to a particular
problem I have on an AlphaStation 200. I have
just upgraded this machine to V7.1 and it has
booted up ok. Somehow I cannot activate the
DECterm option. I have tried, double clicking
the icon, help menu but still no result. I need
to get to the '$' prompt to upgrade the layered
products on the system and to config the
networking. Would you be kind enough to help.
The other ? is now that I can't get to the
'$' prompt, I was going to scrap the upgrade
and restore to start again. The problem is I can
not get to the '>>>' (boot prompt). I have tried
all sorts of key combinations such as...ctrl p,
F6, F10, ctrl y..etc. and still no joy. Why is
this the case. Have you come across such, or if
you have any tips, I would very much appreciate
it.
 
Thankyou.
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  Boot minimally, per directions in the OpenVMS FAQ and in the OpenVMS
  documentation set, and log in on the console.  Alternatively, set up
  a serial console (most of these systems have an environment variable
  "console" that can be set to "serial" or "graphics") and use a serial
  terminal as the console.  (There are other discussions of setting up
  serial alternate consoles here in Ask The Wizard.)
 
  As an alternative, see if you can use DECwindows Motif -- see the
  options during the login box -- to log in and try to create a DECterm.
  (This assumes that you are using DECwindows V1.2-4 or later, and CDE.)
 
  When upgrading, also determine if you need to install the Open3D kit
  for your particular graphics controller and version, and make sure you
  install the available DECwindows ECO kit for the version of DECwindows
  in use.
 
  On the AlphaStation 200 and 255, the reset button on the front panel
  can be configured wired as a halt interrupt instead. This is documented
  in the user's manual.  On the AlphaStation 200, jumper pins 2-3 on J3 to
  select halt as the default behaviour instead of reset (pins 1-2, if memory
  serves).  On the AlphaStation 255, switch 4 on the switchpack on is the
  default (reset), set it to off to select halt via the front panel.

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 19-NOV-1998 )
     
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