An F740 that has been powered off for over a year has some data I would like to recover. The system boots, but complains about low nvram batteries, and halts. Is there a way I can bypass this shutdown to copy some things off?
Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [mgr.boot.reason_ok:notice]: System rebooted after an internal halt. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [kern.shutdown:notice]: System shut down because : "NVRAM Batteries critically low ". Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [statd:error]: The batteries on the NVRAM board are dangerously low. Replace both batteries immediately! Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries:CRITICAL]: NVRAM batteries are dangerously low. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries.notice:notice]: If the NVRAM batteries are dangerously low, the system shuts down automatically every 0 hours to encourage you to replace them. If you reboot the system it will run for another 0 hours before shutting down. (The 0 hour timeout may be increased by altering the "raid.timeout" value using the "options" command.) CIFS local server is running.
Password: ok
By a quick search it looks like the battery in question is just a button cell. a standard CR2450 lithium 3V. a quick trip past a drug store would fix it as well if you don't find a software way around it...
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 04:36:38PM -0400, Tim Longo wrote: | An F740 that has been powered off for over a year has some data I | would like to recover. The system boots, but complains about low nvram | batteries, and halts. Is there a way I can bypass this shutdown to | copy some things off? | | Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [mgr.boot.reason_ok:notice]: System rebooted | after an internal halt. | Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [kern.shutdown:notice]: System shut down | because : "NVRAM Batteries critically low ". | Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [statd:error]: The batteries on the NVRAM | board are dangerously low. Replace both batteries immediately! | Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries:CRITICAL]: NVRAM | batteries are dangerously low. | Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries.notice:notice]: If | the NVRAM batteries are dangerously low, the system shuts down | automatically every 0 hours to encourage you to replace them. If you | reboot the system it will run for another 0 hours before shutting | down. (The 0 hour timeout may be increased by altering the | "raid.timeout" value using the "options" command.) | CIFS local server is running. | | Password: | ok | _______________________________________________ | Toasters mailing list | Toasters@teaparty.net | http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
I think on those platforms, leaving it at the OK prompt, charges the battery. Let the battery charge, and it should boot. Otherwise I think "clear-post-results" at the ok prompt, will let the sucker boot.
Hope that helps,
-Blake
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Tim Longo gloomtin@gmail.com wrote:
An F740 that has been powered off for over a year has some data I would like to recover. The system boots, but complains about low nvram batteries, and halts. Is there a way I can bypass this shutdown to copy some things off?
Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [mgr.boot.reason_ok:notice]: System rebooted after an internal halt. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [kern.shutdown:notice]: System shut down because : "NVRAM Batteries critically low ". Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [statd:error]: The batteries on the NVRAM board are dangerously low. Replace both batteries immediately! Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries:CRITICAL]: NVRAM batteries are dangerously low. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries.notice:notice]: If the NVRAM batteries are dangerously low, the system shuts down automatically every 0 hours to encourage you to replace them. If you reboot the system it will run for another 0 hours before shutting down. (The 0 hour timeout may be increased by altering the "raid.timeout" value using the "options" command.) CIFS local server is running.
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Depending on the OS, there was a ctrl-c to bypass that, but your version may be too old. The other option is just let is charge overnight and see. Worse case, pull the NVRAM and find compatible batteries.
Share and enjoy!
Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Tim Longo [mailto:gloomtin@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 1:37 PM To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: Trouble booting an F740
An F740 that has been powered off for over a year has some data I would like to recover. The system boots, but complains about low nvram batteries, and halts. Is there a way I can bypass this shutdown to copy some things off?
Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [mgr.boot.reason_ok:notice]: System rebooted after an internal halt. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [kern.shutdown:notice]: System shut down because : "NVRAM Batteries critically low ". Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [statd:error]: The batteries on the NVRAM board are dangerously low. Replace both batteries immediately! Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries:CRITICAL]: NVRAM batteries are dangerously low. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries.notice:notice]: If the NVRAM batteries are dangerously low, the system shuts down automatically every 0 hours to encourage you to replace them. If you reboot the system it will run for another 0 hours before shutting down. (The 0 hour timeout may be increased by altering the "raid.timeout" value using the "options" command.) CIFS local server is running.
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Do you have the option to login quickly and change the options raid.timeout to something much higher?
-----Original Message----- From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Tim Longo Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 4:37 PM To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: Trouble booting an F740
An F740 that has been powered off for over a year has some data I would like to recover. The system boots, but complains about low nvram batteries, and halts. Is there a way I can bypass this shutdown to copy some things off?
Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [mgr.boot.reason_ok:notice]: System rebooted after an internal halt. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [kern.shutdown:notice]: System shut down because : "NVRAM Batteries critically low ". Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [statd:error]: The batteries on the NVRAM board are dangerously low. Replace both batteries immediately! Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries:CRITICAL]: NVRAM batteries are dangerously low. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries.notice:notice]: If the NVRAM batteries are dangerously low, the system shuts down automatically every 0 hours to encourage you to replace them. If you reboot the system it will run for another 0 hours before shutting down. (The 0 hour timeout may be increased by altering the "raid.timeout" value using the "options" command.) CIFS local server is running.
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isn't that the sc-32 ??? battery that you can get at most stores?
I don't think it will boot without a charged battery
----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Siggins" dsiggins@maileig.com To: "Tim Longo" gloomtin@gmail.com, toasters@teaparty.net Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 5:36:34 PM Subject: RE: Trouble booting an F740
Do you have the option to login quickly and change the options raid.timeout to something much higher?
-----Original Message----- From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Tim Longo Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 4:37 PM To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: Trouble booting an F740
An F740 that has been powered off for over a year has some data I would like to recover. The system boots, but complains about low nvram batteries, and halts. Is there a way I can bypass this shutdown to copy some things off?
Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [mgr.boot.reason_ok:notice]: System rebooted after an internal halt. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [kern.shutdown:notice]: System shut down because : "NVRAM Batteries critically low ". Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [statd:error]: The batteries on the NVRAM board are dangerously low. Replace both batteries immediately! Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries:CRITICAL]: NVRAM batteries are dangerously low. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries.notice:notice]: If the NVRAM batteries are dangerously low, the system shuts down automatically every 0 hours to encourage you to replace them. If you reboot the system it will run for another 0 hours before shutting down. (The 0 hour timeout may be increased by altering the "raid.timeout" value using the "options" command.) CIFS local server is running.
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Thanks everyone for all the great replies.
It seems the existing batteries are not charging, so I will try to replace them.
Many thanks!!!
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Tim Longo gloomtin@gmail.com wrote:
An F740 that has been powered off for over a year has some data I would like to recover. The system boots, but complains about low nvram batteries, and halts. Is there a way I can bypass this shutdown to copy some things off?
Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [mgr.boot.reason_ok:notice]: System rebooted after an internal halt. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [kern.shutdown:notice]: System shut down because : "NVRAM Batteries critically low ". Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [statd:error]: The batteries on the NVRAM board are dangerously low. Replace both batteries immediately! Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries:CRITICAL]: NVRAM batteries are dangerously low. Fri Sep 9 16:30:53 EDT [monitor.nvramLowBatteries.notice:notice]: If the NVRAM batteries are dangerously low, the system shuts down automatically every 0 hours to encourage you to replace them. If you reboot the system it will run for another 0 hours before shutting down. (The 0 hour timeout may be increased by altering the "raid.timeout" value using the "options" command.) CIFS local server is running.
Password: ok
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