Symptom

Action

 

 

The System Management Services menu is

The device or media you are attempting to boot

displayed.

from might be faulty.

 

1. Check the SMS error log for any errors. To

 

check the error log:

 

v

Select tools

 

v

Select error log

 

v If an error is logged, check the time

 

 

stamp.

 

v If the error was logged during the current

 

 

boot attempt, record it and report it to

 

 

your service person.

 

v If no recent error is logged in the error

 

 

log, continue to the next step below.

 

2. If you are attempting to load the Online

 

Diagnostics, try loading the Stand-alone

 

Diagnostics. Otherwise, record error code

 

M0SCSI01 and report to your service

 

representative.

 

 

The system appears to be stopped, the disk

Record error code M0MEM001 and report the

activity light is on continuously, and a beep was

problem to the service organization.

heard from the system unit.

 

 

 

 

The system stops and the message STARTING

Report error code M0BT0000.

SOFTWARE PLEASE WAIT ... is displayed.

 

 

 

 

The message ²The system will now continue

Report error code M0SCSI01.

the boot process² is displayed continuously on

 

 

the system unit's console.

 

 

 

 

 

Step 6

The diagnostics loaded correctly.

Go to ªProblem Determination Using the Stand-alone or Online Diagnosticsº on page 149.

Step 7

There is a problem with the keyboard.

Find the type of keyboard you are using in the following table. Then follow the instructions given in the Action column.

Keyboard Type

Action

 

 

101-key keyboard. Identify by the type of Enter

Record error code M0KBD001 and report the

key used. The Enter key is within one

problem to the service organization.

horizontal row of keys.

 

 

 

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IBM RS/6000 44P manual Select error log, Keyboard Type Action