Prom Monitor; Floppy Disk - Silicon Graphics IRIS Series Terminal Manual

Operation
is the window for the VT-52 terminal emulator. fhe IRIS Terminal
will prompt for the name of the host computer.
Reply with serial. The window will be redrawn and a prompt will
appear in the upper left-hand corner.
To reboot the IRIS Terminal, press the
and repeat the boot procedures outlined above.

6.3 PROM Monitor

If the
Boot Environment
will be under the control of the PROM Monitor when the power is turned on.
The PROM Monitor is a simple command interpreter through which all startup
options can be invoked.
1. Connect a serial line or Ethernet drop cable to the appropriate port
on the Cabinet I/O Panel (see Figure 3-4a and 3-4b).
2. Set the
9) to "01000" where "0" means
Appendix A).
3. Set the Monitor
to the
4. Set the Cabinet
the
On
The IRIS Terminal will initially display a PROM Monitor prompt.
iris>
See Table 6-1 for a list of the commands available through the PROM Monitor.
If the PROM Monitor gets stuck, press the
To reboot the IRIS Terminal, press the
and repeat the boot procedures outlined above.

6.4 Floppy Disk

If the
Boot Environment
Terminal will attempt to read a boot file called defaultboot from a floppy disk
drive. On the IRIS 1000 Terminal, the floppy disk drive must be connected
externally on top of the Cabinet (see Section 4.8). On the IRIS 1200 Terminal,
the floppy disk drive is an option that sits inside the Cabinet.
The IRIS Terminal is booted automatically from the floppy disk drive after the
IRIS Terminal is turned on. A variation of this boot procedure can be used
explicitly through the PROM Monitor (see Section 6.3).
Version 1.3
Connect to what host?
configuration switch is set to "01000", the IRIS Terminal
Boot Environment
Power
position.
On
switch located on the front of the Cabinet to
Power
position.
configuration switches are set to "00000", then the IRIS
IRIS TERMINAL GUIDE
button on the IRIS Control Panel
Reset
configuration switches (switches 5 through
Closed
switch located on the Monitor Control Panel
button.
Reset
button on the IRIS Control Panel
Reset
and "1" means
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