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5. Enter any requested passwords.
After any requested passwords have been entered, the system attempts to boot from
the first device of each type found on the list. If no bootable image is found on the first
device of each type on the list, the system does not search through the other devices of
that type for a bootable image; instead, it polls the first device of the next type.
If all types of devices in the boot list have been polled without finding a bootable image,
the system restarts. This action gives the user the opportunity to start the System
Management Services (by pressing the number 1 key on a directly attached keyboard
or the number 1 on an ASCII terminal) before the system attempts to boot again.
Default Boot List and Service Mode Bootlist
The default boot list is:
1. Diskette
2. CD-ROM
3. Tape
4. Hard file
5. Network
v Token-ring
v Ethernet
Pressing the numeric 5 key on the keyboard causes the system to load standalone
diagnostics if a diagnostic CD is present in the CD-ROM drive.
Pressing the numeric 6 key on the keyboard loads online diagnostics from the hard
file in the customized service mode boot list. No diagnostic CD should be in the
CD-ROM drive because online diagnostics are typically run from a hard disk. Like the
default boot list, the service mode boot list can contain five entries. The numeric 6 key
works like the numeric 5 key with the following exceptions:
v The system searches for a boot record according to the service mode boot list.
v If the service mode boot list is discovered by a cyclical redundancy check to be
corrupted, the system rebuilds the service mode boot list according to the default
boot list. (The default boot list contains five entries, and for each matching device
type found in the system unit, the system makes an entry in the custom boot list.)
v If no service mode boot list is present, the system uses the default boot list.
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