Add drives to a DS25

[cobis]

I have an older AlphaServer DS25 running Tru64 Unix. I'm trying to add an additional drive and need to access the array controller config. I thought I had to run "run bios pza0", but when I do that I get "Runbios available only prior to booting. Reinit system and try again".

How do I get to the ">>>" prompt before Unix boots so I can configure my array controller.

Thanks

[Ivan Ferreira]

You have two options, one shutdown the operating system and at the >>> prompt run:

init

Now, you will be able to run the command run bios.

The DS25 has 3 buttons, one is reset, other is halt and the other is the power, keep the halt button pressed for some secconds right after power on the server and you will end in the SRM console.

[cobis]

I'll give that a try.

THANKS!!!