The Utilities; The Util Utility - Husky MP2500 Manual

10. The Utilities

This chapter describes the main MP2500-specific configuration utilities:
• UTIL is a general-purpose utility that provides access to a number of
functions unique to the MP2500. Section 10.1 summarises how to use
these functions, for ease of reference. They have also been described in
context elsewhere.
• The BOOT OPTION menu provides configuration of booting and internal
drives. See section 0 for details.
• ORACLE is a utility that is run on a PC to allow the MP2500 to use its A
drive. See section 10.3 for details.
This chapter also includes:
• A detailed description of formatting the CompactFlash drive: see section
10.4.
• A brief description of Microsoft's INTERLINK utility, which can be used to
access a PC's drives and printers from the MP2500: see section 10.5.

10.1 The UTIL utility

The functions provided by UTIL are not intended for everyday use. Indeed,
you may never need to use them. For more detailed information on how and
why you should use them, see:
Function
Set time/date
Format diskette
Communications
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Correcting the time (eg when crossing time zones):
Chapter 5.
If the clock gets corrupted: Chapter 9.
To produce
Chapter 10.1.4.
Setting up communications ports: Chapter 13.
an emergency boot diskette:
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