In article ,
Paul M wrote:
:O2- bootup - No host icons - login not possible

:I am an SGI user, sketchy on admin. Running Irix 6.3 with propriety
:software.

:My O2 is starting up then comes to login screen and no hosts appear
:and won't respond to keyboard login.

I would suggest stopping in the PROM and executing the command

resetenv
--
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
-- Rich Kulawiec

roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote in message news:...
> In article ,
> Paul M wrote:
> :O2- bootup - No host icons - login not possible
>
> :I am an SGI user, sketchy on admin. Running Irix 6.3 with propriety
> :software.
>
> :My O2 is starting up then comes to login screen and no hosts appear
> :and won't respond to keyboard login.
>
> I would suggest stopping in the PROM and executing the command
>
> resetenv

Thanks Walter,

Tried printenv, all looked ok. resetenv just in case. No result.

Of the 16 times I have tried to boot system it has booted to login
icons twice. Once I could work the other time I got no desktop icons
and system froze when I went into system manager.

I ran diagnostics and got:

Start scsi test

no valid QOUT_PTR_ARRAY
Device 4 failed DMA test
Error code + IP32.08.0c.01 w1=00000001 w2=00000010

does this mean my hard drive is dead? I suspect so. I have 2 systems
and this disk gives same problem in both.

Paul