Re: SRC A6005008

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

James,

Give me a call at 503-574-2985 adn I'll walk you through it. By the time I
type it out we could have it done

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:14 PM, James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I just got a used system and I have a problem when trying to IPL to DST
> mode.  The IPL stops with A6005008 which I believe means there is a
> problem with the console.  I've been pouring over the IBM manuals and
> quite honestly they aren't making much sense to me.  The manuals indicate
> I need to check word 16 of the above SRC which I believe is 50010002.
> Checking this I think indicates that the console type is configured to
> Operations Console (direct).  We want to use the twinax console.  I think
> I need to use the 65+21 service functions to do so, but the instructions
> are hopelessly confusing.
>
> How do I change the console type?  Am I correct that that is what I need
> to do?  How do I access the 65+21 service functions (I need exact button
> presses here)?  It is a 9406-820 at V5R3, no PTFs.
>
> James Rich
>
> if you want to understand why that is, there are many good books on
> the design of operating systems. please pass them along to redmond
> when you're done reading them :)
>        - Paul Davis on ardour-dev
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