Subject: Re: Help booting DECStation 5000/200 from bootp/tftp. Prompt R> on DECStation
To: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofy.goof.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 02/08/1999 22:19:07
On Sun, 7 Feb 1999 11:19:37 -0800  "Aaron J. Grier" wrote:

> You short the jumper, turn the machine on, this clears the nvram.
> Turn the machine off, and _remove_ the jumper.  Now you should get an
> unpassworded PROM prompt.

Gee, I hope I mentioned removing the jumper!  I'll double check the page.

> Both of my 5000s (a /200 and a /240) complain that I
> have no mouse and keyboard hooked up, but they still boot fine.

This is "normal" for headless /200's and /240's.  One fix is to
get a /260 :-)

Simon.