[Gllug] Free PC

[Henrik Morsing]

> The firmware on an RS can be a pig to
> work with. Getting it to boot off CDROM involves waiting for the right
> moment and hitting either "1" or "5" depending on the model. A p690 with
> a lot of I/O devices (which they generally do have) takes about 20
> minutes to POST and the right moment is a window of about 10 seconds
> just after that. So you have to sit there watching it, finger at the
> ready. Fortunately one doesn't install p690s often (I have done 3 which
> is quite a lot by most standards, these things come in at half a million
> quid a pop).

Which is why you can just click on the profile, select "SMS", activate it
and wait for the menu to come up. Very easy...

On standalone boxes you do have the option of changing the bootlist before
shutting down but you're right, it is annoying.


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