DEC 4000 600 series Owner's Manual page 40

Using the Operator Control Panel
Reset the Pressing the Reset button (shown in Figure 1–10) resets the
System system. The system aborts all current processes, initializes, and
performs startup self-tests.
When the system is in console mode or in operating system
mode, you use the Reset button, as a last resort, to reset the
system if it hangs. (First, try pressing Ctrl/C or Ctrl/Y or
entering other operating system commands before pressing the
Reset button.)
When you press the Reset button, the system will reset itself and
perform system self-tests.
Reset a system as follows:
Step
1–20 Getting Started
Pressing the Reset button halts all system processes. Do
not perform this procedure from operating system mode
unless your system is hung and you have exhausted all
other ways of terminating the process.
Action
1 Press the Reset button on the control panel
(Figure 1–10.)
If the auto_action environment variable is set to boot
and the bootdef_dev environment variable specifies
the boot device, your system will perform a self-test
and autoboot. Once you log in to the system, you
can resume normal operation. It is not necessary to
perform the next step.
If not, proceed to the next step.
2 Return to operating system mode by entering the
command at the console terminal prompt (
boot
Caution
).
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