Using The Fail-Safe Booter - Digital Equipment DECpc AXP 150 Customer Technical Information

Using the Fail-Safe Booter

Using the Fail-Safe Booter
This section describes when and how you use the fail-safe
Summary
booter (FSB) program, located in NVRAM, to recover the system
firmware.
When to Use You use the FSB in the following situations:
the FSB
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Running the The FSB runs automatically when you restore power to the
FSB system, if the power failed during a firmware upgrade. Make
sure that the diskette containing the JNUPDATE.EXE program
is inserted in the diskette drive. The FSB reads the diskette
drive and runs the JNUPDATE program. See Chapter 2 for
information on completing the firmware upgrade procedure.
Example Example C–1 shows an example of the messages the FSB
displays when it runs.
Example C–1 FSB Messages
C–2 Using the Fail-Safe Booter
When the power fails during a firmware upgrade
When you accidentally turn the system off during a firmware
upgrade
DEC FailSafe Booter, Version 1.09
Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 Microsoft Corporation
Copyright (c) 1993 Digital Equipment Corporation
This is running because an update to your system firmware was
interrupted.
** If you were not just attempting a firmware update, contact
** your Digital Field Service representative!
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