RISC6000 7007 POWERportable N40

From: Truthan,Larry <truthanl_at_oclc.org>
Date: Sun Jan 14 20:04:57 2001

Thanks Pat for the Help.

I got a cable adapted to the SCSI Stub Cable and the unit found the SCSI
CD-ROM And I was able to load the OS off the CD.

I have loaded the root , its password, and built myself a user account as
well.

The CD load however disagrees with the release notes on finding the Xinit
X-windows AIX application. So it appears I will be looking for a general
guide on navigating AIX,its tools, and applications.

Right now all I can confirm is that the N40 loads in the High Function
Terminal mode. (HFT) The release notes infer that I should be able to load
a windowed menu application from the command line be simply typing "xinit" -
this is not happening.

I will be looking for more web based reference Material. Any pointers are
still greatly appreciated.

Sincerely
Larry Truthan





-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Barron [mailto:pat_at_transarc.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:38 AM
To: Truthan,Larry
Cc: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: RISC6000 7007 POWERportable N40


On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Truthan,Larry wrote:
> The "66" entry is invalidated in the 10 element diagnostic menu and the
sub
> menues under each element. The initial sevice selection is "language
> select"). I havent tried "66" at the language select. On the first pass,
I
> am not making headway with your suggestion.

Oh, also, just to clarify - the menu I am talking about is the AIX
diagnostic menu, which only has 4 or 5 choices on it as far as I recall.
This is accessed by booting AIX in "Service Mode". This isn't to be
confused with the diagnostics in the firmware (whose menu apparently has
10 entries).

I poked around and found a document that might help you:

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RS/6000 N40 Laptop

* Setting the System to Service Mode:
  1. Press the key sequence [Pause][R] to reset the N40 (or power it off).
  2. Then interrupt with [Pause][K] key sequence as soon as the IBM logo
     appears.
  3. After several seconds, a language selection menu will appear; select
     appropriate language.
  4. Then press 99 to go to the main menu
  5. Select #7 (Change Soft-Keyswitch Setting).
  6. Select #3 (Service).
  7. Then press 99 to go to the main menu.
  8. Select #10 to start the boot off the CD.

* Limitations:
> The 7007-N40 is supported by a special N40 version of AIX 3.2.5.
    The 7007-N40 is NOT supported at AIX V4.
> The support for the 7007-N40 and N40 AIX 3.2.5 has been withdrawn,
    thus questions are answered on a best effort basis.

* Information
> Software maintenance on this system can be done by booting off the
    AIX 3.2.5 for N40 cdrom. To do this, attach the cdrom drive to the
    SCSI bus.

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You already knew most of this, but I'm sending it along in case it
might help.

--Pat.
Received on Sun Jan 14 2001 - 20:04:57 GMT