Dealing With A Boot Failure - HP Model 712/100 - Workstation Handbook

Dealing with a Boot Failure

If the usual boot device (typically a disk) is not responding as it should, you must
attempt to boot from the disk (or another boot device) by selecting it manually.
To boot a device manually, follow these steps:
1.
Turn off the power to your workstation for a few seconds.
2.
Turn the power back on.
The monitor displays the following screen:
BootRom Version xxx.x
Memory Size: xx MB
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Press <ESCAPE> to stop boot sequence.
Press and hold the
Esc
3.
Release when the screen displays the boot administration command
Esc
menu followed by the
BOOT_ADMIN>
4.
List devices that contain bootable media by typing the following at the
prompt:
BOOT_ADMIN>
BOOT_ADMIN> search
This causes your workstation to search exhaustively for bootable media.
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button as soon as the screen appears.
prompt.
Enter