Booting The Xerox 1186 - Xerox 1186 User Manual

INTRODUCTION
Booting
the
Xerox 1186
Booting Lisp or other software on the Xerox 1186 is
a two-stage process" First, press the boot button
(labeled B Reset) on the front of the processor. The
screen will display the boot icons (The boot icons
are also displayed when you first power up the
Xerox 1186, or after performing a (LOGOUT) in
Lisp). Then press one of the 10 keyboard function
keys, labeled F1 through F10. Each key specifies a
different mode of booting. Some ways of booting
are:
F1
Resumes running Interlisp-D from the most
recent session. When you press Fl the display
will darken and the cursor will cycle numbers
in the upper left-hand corner while the system
initializes memory. If you have aborted the
previous Interlisp-D session without logging
out, an Fl-boot may fail; a typical cursor code
in this case is0217.
F1 0
Invokes the System Tools which allow you to
install a new environment on a volume, or run
the saved environment from a different
volume than the most recent one used. To do
this, press Fl, then immediately press and
release
tbe
zero key.
F2
Boots software from an appropriately
configured floppy disk. The Installation Utility,
supplied with the Xerox 1186, is such a floppy;
the Lisp Library Packages floppies are not.
F6
Boots the Boot Diagnostics floppy, which runs
a comprehensive set of machine diagnostics
(See chapter 7, Diagnostics).
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