01-26-2009
Thanks, and more questions
Thanks to both of you for these tips.
Unfortunately, there is no maintenance contract anymore for this old box, and no spare parts either.
No error LED flashes on the front panel. How exactly do I reset the memory dimms, by unplugging them and putting them back on ? Also, any idea how I halt the process to get to the "ok>" prompt, I don't have a Solaris-custom keyboard but a regular 102 key PS2 one.
It seems to me from the BIOS initial tests that all CPU/MEM validation steps ran correctly (not sure from my text tty how to capture the boot sequence, sorry) though, but I'm ready to try anything.
Thanks again.
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systemd-rc-local-generator
SYSTEMD-RC-LOCAL-GENERATOR(8) systemd-rc-local-generator SYSTEMD-RC-LOCAL-GENERATOR(8)
NAME
systemd-rc-local-generator - Compatibility generator for starting /etc/rc.local and /usr/sbin/halt.local during boot and shutdown
SYNOPSIS
/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-rc-local-generator
DESCRIPTION
systemd-rc-local-generator is a generator that checks whether /etc/rc.local exists and is executable, and if it is pulls the
rc-local.service unit into the boot process. This unit is responsible for running this script during late boot. Note that the script will
be run with slightly different semantics than the original System V version, which was run "last" in the boot process, which is a concept
that does not translate to systemd. The script is run after network.target, but in parallel with most other regular system services.
systemd-rc-local-generator also checks whether /usr/sbin/halt.local exists and is executable, and if it is pulls the halt-local.service
unit into the shutdown process. This unit is responsible for running this script during later shutdown.
Support for both /etc/rc.local and /usr/sbin/halt.local is provided for compatibility with specific System V systems only. However, it is
strongly recommended to avoid making use of these scripts today, and instead provide proper unit files with appropriate dependencies for
any scripts to run during the boot or shutdown processes.
systemd-rc-local-generator implements systemd.generator(7).
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemctl(1)
systemd 237 SYSTEMD-RC-LOCAL-GENERATOR(8)