My understanding is that a RS (reset) starts by zeroing memory, then
continues with the restart.  A TC (Transfer control) merely skips the
zeroing part.  So if the RS takes 45 minutes, the TC should take 45
minutes minus a fraction of a second.

If you are performing a dump, then RS will zero out everything in memory
making the dump useless.  Use a TC in that case.

If you are rebooting the system, use a RS to zero out memory, just in
case something in the OS is assuming that memory is initially zeroed.

Steve

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:09:05 -0500 (Central Daylight Time), Jean Huot
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>I had a 957 cpu powered off accidently when for some reason it happened what I put the power plug on to a DDS1 drive.
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>It usually takes 45 minutes to reboot the system when it does a memory self-check.
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>So to save time I tried TC (which I recall does not do a memory self-check), however the system did not come back on, so I opted for RS.  Could it be that TC (warmstart) is only good when there is no power failure?
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>
>Jean Huot
>Northern Credit Bureaus Inc.
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