OpenBoot Emergency Procedures for Systems with Standard (non-USB) Keyboards
When issuing any of these commands, press the keys immediately after turning on the power to your system, and hold the keys down for a few seconds until the keyboard LEDs flash.
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Command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Stop |
Bypass POST. This command does not depend on security mode. (Note: Some systems bypass POST as a default. In such cases, use Stop-D to start POST). |
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Stop-A |
Abort. |
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Stop-D |
Enter the diagnostic mode (set diag-switch? to true). |
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Stop-F |
Enter Forth on TTYA instead of probing. Use fexit to continue with the initialization sequence. Useful if hardware is broken. |
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Stop-N |
Reset NVRAM contents to default values. |
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