Sun Microsystems V890, V880 manual Probe command warnings, Setenv auto-boot? true Boot -r

Troubleshooting

Probe command warnings

Symptom: When running any of the probe commands, the following message is displayed:

This command may hang the system if a Stop-A or halt command has been executed. Please type reset-all to reset the system before executing this command. Do you wish to continue [Y/N].

!CAUTION:

Do not continue. Answer n. Do not answer y.

Solution: To recover from this condition:

1.Enter: n

This stops the probe command.

2.Enter the following commands: setenv auto-boot? false reset-all

3.It is now safe to run any of the probe commands and perform any other boot PROM-level diagnostics.

4.After you finish probing the system devices, enter the following commands:

!CAUTION:

If you fail to enter these commands, any reboots that you do in the future will stop at the boot prompt instead of proceeding through the normal boot-up process.

setenv auto-boot? true

boot -r

The system reboots.

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