DEC 4000 600 series Owner's Manual page 39

Invoke console mode as follows:
Step Action
1 Press the Halt button on the front of the system to
the in position or do one of the following:
• If the tta0_halts environment variable is set
to 4 or 6, enter
keyboard.
• If the tta0_halts environment variable is set
to 2 or 6, press Ctrl/P on the console terminal
keyboard.
The console mode prompt is displayed on the console
terminal:
>>>
2 The system is now in console mode. You can begin
entering console commands.
3 If you invoked console mode by pressing the Halt
button to the in position, press the Halt button to the
out position.
4 To return to operating system mode, enter the
continue command at the console prompt.
If the system does not respond to the
command, reboot by entering the
the console prompt.
For general information about console mode, refer to Chapter 2.
For information about setting environment variables, refer to
Chapter 4.
Using the Operator Control Panel
on the console terminal
Break
continue
command at
boot
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