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Console firmware consists of SRM and AlphaBIOS. Starting with V5.7 firmware,
to use the fail-safe-loader to update firmware or to update firmware via
diskette now requires two floppy diskettes. The first diskette is bootable
by the fail-safe-loader and contains the Loadable Firmware Utility and
the SRM console. The second diskette is a FAT-formatted floppy which contains
AlphaBIOS console.
Create Floppy Diskette #1
Download the following to your PC:
» mkboot.exe - to create a bootable floppy
» cru.exe - contains the Loadable Firmware Utility plus SRM console.
Create a Bootable Floppy from your PC
- Insert a FAT-formatted floppy into floppy drive
- Invoke MKBOOT to make cru.exe bootable from the SRM console (mkboot takes approximately one minute to complete)
C:\ mkboot cru.exe
Create Floppy Diskette #2
Download the following files to your PC. Then copy the files to a FAT-formatted floppy.
» crarcrom.exe
Update Console Firmware
Insert the bootable diskette (Disk #1) into the floppy drive. Boot
the floppy, from the SRM console, to invoke the Loadable Firmware Utility
>>> boot DVA0
UPD> exit
Do you want to do a manual update? [y/(n)] y
***** Loadable Firmware Update Utility *****
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Function Description
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Display Displays the system's configuration table.
Exit Done exit LFU (reset).
List Lists the device, revision, firmware name, and update revision.
Readme Lists important release information.
Update Replaces current firmware with loadable data image.
Verify Compares loadable and hardware images.
? or Help Scrolls this function table.
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UPD> update srm [To update SRM Console]
[Now insert Diskette #2 in order to update SRM and AlphaBIOS]
UPD> update arc -path fat:\crarcrom.exe/dva0
...
UPD> exit
End of procedures
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