+- Turn the PA-RISC machine on. Have both the keyboard and mouse connected.
+- During the boot process, the following message will appear:
+
Searching for Potential Boot Devices.
To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key.
-
-Device Selection Device Path Device Type
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-P0 scsi.6.0 SEAGATE ST3600N
-
-Search terminated.
-
-
-
+
+When this message appears, press and hold the Esc key until an
+options menu appears.
+- By default, you enter the `BOOT_ADMIN` console. In some 715s,
+the options menu looks like this:
+
b) Boot from specified device
s) Search for bootable devices
a) Enter Boot Administration mode
x) Exit and continue boot sequence
-?) Help
-
-Select from menu: a
-BOOT_ADMIN> path
-Primary boot path = scsi.6.0
-Alternate boot path = lan.080009-6265a6.0.0
-Console path = graphics
-Keyboard path = hil
-BOOT_ADMIN> path console rs232_a.9600.8.none
-BOOT_ADMIN> reset
-Resetting ...
-~~~
+?) Help
+ Select from menu:
+
+Select `a) Enter Boot Administration mode`. This will bring
+up a `BOOT_ADMIN>` prompt. Everything else you do will be in
+`BOOT_ADMIN` mode. So now, everybody is in the
+`BOOT_ADMIN` console!
+
+- To change to serial console mode, type the following command at the
+`BOOT_ADMIN` command prompt:
+
+path console rs232_a.9600.8.none
+
+
+- Power down, power up. Be ready to hit ESC on your terminal to break
+ into the same options menu as in step 3.
+
-
-#### How do I configure power-on settings (boot device, console, etc.) ([top](#general))
+# How do I configure power-on settings (boot device, console, etc.)
All 700 series workstations have a Boot Administration command line
utility in their Boot ROM which lets you configure various settings. For
@@ -134,168 +72,44 @@ example, you can set whether the system
device to try booting from first, determine the ethernet MAC address,
set up a serial console, and possibly do some low level hardware access.
-To get to the `BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} prompt, you must press the
-`ESCAPE`{.code} key before it tries to boot an OS. Since these machines
+To get to the `BOOT_ADMIN` prompt, you must press the
+`ESCAPE` key before it tries to boot an OS. Since these machines
often take a long time between powering on and the brief window of time
-where you can hit the `ESCAPE`{.code} key, you must pay attention. It
+where you can hit the `ESCAPE` key, you must pay attention. It
may take over a minute after pressing the power button before anything
will show up on screen.
-Once you have escaped out of the `Selecting a system to boot`{.code} and
-`Searching for Potential Boot Devices`{.code} you need to type the
-"`a`{.code}" key to get to the `BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} prompt. Now, use the
-online help with the `HELP`{.code} command.
-
-`BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} menus options on a 735/99.
-
-~~~ {.programlisting}
-(c) Copyright. Hewlett-Packard Company. 1992.
-All rights reserved.
-
-PDC ROM rev. 1.1
-IODC ROM rev. 1.0
-240 MB of memory configured and tested.
-
-
-Selecting a system to boot.
-To stop selection process, press and hold the ESCAPE key.
-