Searching For Bootable Media; Stable Storage - HP Model 745 - VME Workstation Handbook

Searching for Bootable Media

To list all devices that may contain bootable media, go to the Main Menu of the Boot Con-
sole Interface and then type the following at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > search ipl
The search may turn up more devices than there are lines on the display. If using a text ter-
minal, control the progress of the search from the terminal's keyboard by performing the
following commands:
• To hold the display temporarily, press Ctrl S
• To continue the display, press Ctrl Q
• To halt the search, press any key.
These flow-control commands do not work with a bitmapped display, but such a display
can show more than forty lines of text, so they are unnecessary.
To search for devices of just one type that actually contain bootable media, go to the Main
Menu of the Boot Console Interface and then type the following at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > search ipl device_type
where device_type is one of the following:
gscn is an optional FW SCSI adapter in GSC slot 1 or 2
sescsi is the built-in single-ended SCSI bus
lan is the built-in network adapter
bpn is the VME backplane networking
bpr is the VME backplane boot ROM
ata(0) is the optional PCMCIA adapter (HP-RT only)

Stable Storage

Stable Storage is non-volatile memory associated with each PA-RISC processor module.
Stable storage is used by the processor (CPU) to store device path information, the state of
the boot flags, HPMC error information, and operating system initialization data.
Troubleshooting
Dealing with a Boot Failure
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