Reconfiguring And Booting A Stalled Generator - Quantum Data 881 User Manual

Reconfiguring and booting a stalled generator

882 Video Test Instrument User Guide (Rev A.35)
If a generator fails to boot as expected, it may be set to boot from a location with a corrupt
system file or without the necessary system files. The symptom of this problem could be
that the generator just fails to boot. In other cases you could see an error such as "tffs0
failed to load." Starting in Release 2.6 (vxWorks file 20.1883600) the generator has a
feature which reformats a corrupt file system. Follow the procedures below to boot the
generator in these instances.
To boot a generator that is in a stalled state:
1. Apply power to the generator. The following display appears.
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vxWorks System Boot
Press any key for setup
To boot from an alternative device, press any key within three seconds. The following
display appears. Note that you can also obtain this screen by powering up the
generator and holding down any key, e.g. Tools key.
!BootDev !Passwd
!HostName !Flags
!FileName !Other
!InetAddr !TrgtName
2. Choose the !BootDev item by pressing the adjacent soft key.
3. Do one of the following:
• To boot from the file server, press the soft key adjacent to Network Boot.
• To boot from the generator's flash memory, press the soft key adjacent to Internal
Flash.
• To boot from the generator's PC card, press the soft key adjacent to PCMCIA
Boot.
Note: Please note that you must us a PCMCIA card that is formatted in FAT16
filesystem. If you use an card that is formatted in FAT32, the 882 will not boot.
4. Press the Options (Enter) key to save the configuration.
5. Either restart the generator by cycling the power or press the Tools key to return to the
boot menu.
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