SUMMARY: What to do when you see R>

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From: ccult1!bommel!dehartog
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 00:00

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Thanks to all the zillions of people that sent me an answer.

R> means restricted mode and only boot works (when the boot
environment variable is still correct) or passwd (if you know
the password). 
I didn't know the password so I had to fiddle with some jumpers.
On my DecStation 5000/125 I shortened two pins marked NVM (Non-
Volatile Memory?) and it worked (i.e. I saw the >> prompt again).

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