Alpha Microsystems AM-6000 Owner's Manual page 5

Table of Contents
"I Want To Start At The Beginning" .......................................................................................... 4-3
"I Want To Learn How To Maintain My Computer" ................................................................... 4-3
"I Want To Do Text Processing"............................................................................................... 4-4
"I Want To Write Computer Programs" ..................................................................................... 4-4
CHAPTER 5 - SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................. 5-1
BACKING UP YOUR DATA...................................................................................................... 5-1
DISK ACCOUNTS ..................................................................................................................... 5-2
Passwords ............................................................................................................................... 5-2
Organizing the Disk.................................................................................................................. 5-2
Adding New Accounts ............................................................................................................. 5-2
MODIFYING THE SYSTEM INITIALIZATION FILE .................................................................. 5-4
Defining the AM-6000 Parallel Ports......................................................................................... 5-5
Adding Jobs ............................................................................................................................ 5-6
Changing User Memory............................................................................................................ 5-7
ANALYZING THE DISK ............................................................................................................ 5-8
The REDALL Command .......................................................................................................... 5-9
The DSKANA Command......................................................................................................... 5-9
DSKANA Options..................................................................................................................5-10
The CHECK Option and Automatic Backups............................................................................5-11
FORMATTING AND INITIALIZING THE HARD DRIVE...........................................................5-11
FORMATTING AND INITIALIZING A DISKETTE....................................................................5-12
CHAPTER 6 - PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ......................................................................... 6-1
DISKETTES ............................................................................................................................... 6-1
CARE OF STREAMING TAPE AND DAT CARTRIDGES ......................................................... 6-1
DISKETTE DRIVE ..................................................................................................................... 6-2
¼" STREAMING TAPE DRIVE CLEANING............................................................................... 6-2
DAT DRIVE CLEANING............................................................................................................ 6-2
MAIN ENCLOSURE................................................................................................................... 6-3
CHAPTER 7 - TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES .............................................................. 7-1
THE SYMPTOMS ...................................................................................................................... 7-1
THE TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES ............................................................................... 7-2
Procedure #1: Check Power/Run/Memory Lights........................................................................ 7-2
Procedure #2: Check the Computer Status Codes....................................................................... 7-4
Procedure #3: Powerup/Reset ................................................................................................... 7-5
Procedure #4: Check Terminal/Printer....................................................................................... 7-6
Procedure #5: Self Test............................................................................................................ 7-8
Procedure #6: Alternate Boot...................................................................................................7-10
CHAPTER 8 - STATUS DISPLAY CODES ................................................................................. 8-1
FRONT PANEL STATUS DISPLAY CODES.............................................................................. 8-1
SELF TEST FEATURE ............................................................................................................... 8-6
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