Subject: Re: is there a prom reset of the DS?
To: Tim Austwick <tima@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 12/10/1998 06:52:28
On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:49:27 +0000 (BST)  Tim Austwick wrote:

> Ive had no luck, whatsoever, bringing two decstations to life. I have a
> 5k/200 and a 5k.240, both of which have a number of problems. Im beginning
> to wonder if they need to be 'reset' in someway to loose all the prom info
> they have. The 200 *should* be able to tftp boot, but flatly refuses...

Have you sent any of your descriptions of the failures to this list?  I
can't recall off the top of my head...

> I heard theres a jumper i can short somewhere.... does anyone know exactly
> where this is? I had a look but i could only see on on the 240, and that
> didnt seem to do anything...

Umm, in the FAQ?  Look at: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/pmax/faq.html.
If the instructions are not clear enough, please let me know!

Simon.