Changing Os Operation Mode; What Is The Os Operation Mode; How To Change The Os Operation Mode; Changing Normal Mode To Maintenance Mode - Hitachi CE50-10 Instruction Manual

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5.14 Changing OS operation mode

5.14.1 What is the OS operation mode?

You must change the OS operation mode depending on whether you perform normal operation or maintenance work.

(1) Normal mode

This mode allows you to start the OS and then operate user programs such as application programs. The factory

default of the unit is normal mode.

To change maintenance mode to normal mode, specify normal mode for the next startup mode, and then restart the

unit.

(2) Maintenance mode

This mode allows the OS to start without starting user programs such as application programs. To change normal

mode to maintenance mode, specify maintenance mode for the next startup mode, and then restart the unit.

In all places marked with maintenance mode in this manual, you need to change the operation mode to maintenance

mode before performing the relevant operation.

5.14.2 How to change the OS operation mode

Use the OS startup mode change command (ecmodeset) to change the OS operation mode. The following describes

For details about the user name and password used to log in to the unit, see 5.2 Logging in to the unit after powering

it on for the first time. For details about the commands used in each step, see 5.18 Command reference.

5.14.3 Changing normal mode to maintenance mode

NOTICE

Application programs do not operate in maintenance mode. After maintenance work is finished, you must return

the mode to normal mode.

1. Log in to the unit.

Password: *******

2. Check the current OS operation mode.

Run the showecmode command to check the current OS operation mode. Confirm that Normal mode is

displayed for both Current and Next (see the bold underlined parts).

$ sudo showecmode

Current

: Normal mode

3. Set the next OS operation mode to maintenance mode.

Run the ecmodeset command to set maintenance mode for the next startup mode of the OS (see the bold

underlined part).

$ sudo ecmodeset -enable

Set next boot : Maintenance mode

4. Check the setting of the next OS operation mode.

5. Configuring Software Environment

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