
POST Indicators
If you are using an ASCII terminal (attached to serial port 1 indicators appear on the screen as each subsystem is initialize
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| Memory | Modules | : Tests system | memory. |
Keyboard : Initializes the keyboard and mouse. When this icon appears, you can choose one of several different startup
Ÿ Pressing the F1 key activates the System Management Service
ŸPressing the F5 or F6 key chooses a
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Ÿ | Pressing | the | F8 key selects the | Open Firmware | Command | line. | |||||||
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the | following POST icons appear. If | no | keys | are | pressed, | th | |||||||
unit | boots | from | the | default boot | list | and | starts | the | opera | ||||
all | POST | icons appear. |
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Network | : | Initializes | network | adapters. |
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SCSI : Initializes SCSI Adapters.
Audio : Initializes the audio system. Any startup option keys pressed before the end of audio initialization in order t
If | the | POST process | stops and indicates an error on the | LED | or c | |
of | these | subsystems, | record | the error number and refer | to | Chapte |
Problem Determination” | on page |
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Chapter 2. Using the