Summary of Boot Options and Control Keys

You can press the following keys when the keyboard POST indicator appears.

Key

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

(display

keyboard)Normal mode boot, graphical System Management Services

 

 

 

 

starts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 (ASCII

keyboard)

Normal

mode

boot,

text-based System Management Services

 

 

 

 

starts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F5

(display keyboard)Service mode boot, default boot list.

 

 

 

 

 

5

(ASCII keyboard) Service mode boot, default boot list.

 

 

 

 

 

F6

(display keyboard)Service mode boot, custom boot list.

 

 

 

 

 

6

(ASCII keyboard) Service mode boot, custom boot list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F8

(display

keyboard)Normal

mode

boot, Open Firmware command line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

(ASCII

keyboard)

Normal

mode

boot,

Open Firmware command line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM B50 manual Summary of Boot Options and Control Keys, Result