Re: [foxboro] P81 Boot problem
- From: "Kevin Fitzgerrell" <fitzgerrell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:52:47 +0900
Anton,
What are your eeprom settings? The "eeprom" command in a VT100 window
will list them.
Cheers,
Kevin FitzGerrell
On 9/4/07, Prinsloo, Anton <Anton.Prinsloo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all,
> First a note of thanks for all those who helped me with the e-mailing of
> system messages from my Unix system - much appreciated! All resolved and
> she's working a treat!
>
> A new one:
>
> I have a P81 machine which, for reasons I really can't figure out, stops
> dead at the Forth toolkit prompt, it needs a " boot disk" command to get
> it to carry on.
>
> Once that is done - all appears well until the next reboot, when we get
> stuck at the prompt again.
>
> This happened once before on an old AW51B box, but I did not pay it much
> attention since it was on a hot spares cabinet in the technical workshop
> and it is now "advantage upgraded".
>
> Is this an EPROM issue, a problem with the software on the hard disk or
> is it a hardware problem. Advice I received is to purchase a new machine
> and this is, to my mind, NOT a satisfactory solution.
>
> Hope to hear from others with a similar experience?
>
> Take care,
>
> > Anton Prinsloo
> > Control System Superintendent
> > Zinifex Century Mine
> > Tel: +61 (07) 4769 5762
> > Mob: +61 (0) 423 608 734
> > Fax: +61 (07) 4769 5764
> > Email: anton.prinsloo@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
>
>
>
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