Step 2. Vrm Dump (System Started) - IBM RT PC Problem Determination Manual

S tep 2. VRM D um p (S y stem S tarted )
The c6 and an abend code alternately displayed in the two-digit
display is a prompt to load the dump diskette. The abend codes are
described in Appendix C of this book. Blinking error codes that
can occur during IPL (without the c6) are described in Chapter 5.
The dump diskette can be any formatted high-capacity
Note:
diskette. A dump diskette should have been created and placed in
the back of this manual when the AIX Operating System was
installed.
1. Remove the dump diskette from the back of this manual.
2. Insert the dump diskette into the diskette drive in location A .
(The top drive if there are two.)
3. Close the diskette drive door.
4. Press CTRL-ALT-numpad8. (Use the left ALT key.)
A c8 appears in the two-digit display while the system verifies the
diskette is usable. If the diskette is not usable, a c5 appears. In
this case you should remove the bad diskette and insert another.
If the diskette is good, c9 in the two-digit display indicates the
dump is running. The dump takes approximately 5 minutes to
complete.
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Section 2. The Dump Utilities 2-5