Booting Up The System - Superdos; Cold" Boot (Aka "Hard" Boot); Warm" Boot (Aka "Soft" Boot) - Activant Dimensions Getting Started

Chapter 2. System Training
Booting Up the System – SuperDOS
The term "booting up the system" simply means turning on the CPU. It is taken
from the phrase "pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps". It starts a process
which automatically checks the computer's memory, sets all standard defaults and
comes to the password screen on the system monitor and peripheral terminals.
There are 2 methods of booting up the system, a "cold" boot and a "warm" boot.

"Cold" Boot (aka "hard" boot)

1 All users should be signed off the system before performing a cold boot.
2 Make sure the system monitor is also signed off and is displaying the password
screen.
3 Turn off the power switch to the CPU (the "red" or "white" switch). This is not the
power switch to the system monitor. It is the power switch to the main computer
system.
4 Allow the machine to come to complete silence. Fans, spinning disks, etc. must be
fully disengaged.
5 Turn on the power switch to the CPU. Wait while the diagnostics take place
automatically.
6 The computer displays:
Operating system to Boot -- SuperDOS, DOS
Enter S, D, or #: S
Enter S and press Enter (or merely press Enter to accept the displayed S) to
access the SuperDOS partition (area) which contains the Dimensions system. On
rare occasions you might boot to the DOS partition--only if directed by Dimensions
support or if you wish to access a program running under DOS. If no response is
made within 10 seconds, the computer automatically boots to the SuperDOS
system, taking the displayed response.
7 The boot process is completed after the system monitor displays the password
screen. See the next section, PASSWORDS - SuperDOS.

"Warm" Boot (aka "soft" boot)

1 The same conditions apply as in the cold boot. All users should be signed off the
system before performing a warm boot.
2 At the system monitor, sign on with a level 7 password (obtained from the
Implementation Specialist or system manager).
3 At the SuperDOS prompt (>), enter boot or reboot and press Enter.
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