Symbol Series 6800, Product Reference Manual

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Series 68XX Product Reference Guide
Booting a Series 68XX
Warm Boot
A warm boot resets the operating system while preserving the RAM disk.
To perform a warm boot:
1. Power off the Series 68XX.
2. Press and hold the 4 and 5 keys.
3. Press and release the PWR key.
4. Release the 4 and 5 keys.
The terminal displays configuration information, copyright, RAM size, and expanded
memory RAM size. Other information displayed depends on the operating system, installed
device drivers, and AUTOEXEC.BAT commands. If this warm-boot procedure fails to restart
the terminal, use the cold-boot procedure.
Cold Boot
A cold boot resets the BIOS and operating system; it erases and recreates the RAM disk. If
the cold-boot procedure fails to restart the terminal, see
Chapter 7, Error Recovery and
Troubleshooting .
Caution
This procedure permanently erases all data and software in the terminal un-
less they reside in NVM. Contents of RAM are lost.
To perform a system cold boot:
1. Power off the Series 68XX.
2. Press and hold the A, B, and D keys.
3. Press and release the PWR key.
4. Release the A, B, and D keys.
The terminal displays version information, copyright, RAM size, and installed expanded
memory RAM size. Other information displayed depends on the operating system, installed
device drivers, and AUTOEXEC.BAT commands.