Update - DEC Digital Alpha VME 4/224 User Manual

update — update flash ROMs on the system
Loads new firmware into the flash ROMs (FEPROMs). To modify the flash ROMs,
you must close DIP switch #2 on the Digital Alpha VME 4 module.
The update process proceeds as follows:
1. The image is loaded from the specified device into system memory.
2. A prompt appears for confirmation of update continuation.
3. The FEPROMS are reprogrammed.
Each byte of the FEPROM is verified. Each step provides for a certain number of
retries to perform the operation successfully on a particular byte of the FEPROM.
If a failure occurs in any of the steps, an error message is displayed on the
console.
If the programming operation is successful, a success message is displayed on the
console.
You must reset or cycle power on the system to run the new image in the
FEPROMs; otherwise, the previous console image executes out of memory.
Be sure to disable FEPROM writing after completing the update process
by setting switch #2 to the open position.
Syntax
update [-file filename ] [-protocol transport ] [-device source_device ] [-target target_name ]
Options
-file filename
Specifies the name of the new FEPROM update image.
-protocol transport
Specifies the source transport protocol. Valid protocols are MOP and TFTP. See
the boot command for more information on using the TFTP protocol.
-device
Specifies the device from which to load the new FEPROM update image file.
Currently, the only valid device is EWA0.
Notes
Console Commands 13–103

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