Upgrading The Bios - Silicon Graphics 1450 User Manual

3: Configuring Software and Utilities
Creating the BIOS Upgrade Diskette

Upgrading the BIOS

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The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains the files you
need to upgrade the BIOS.
1. Copy the BIOS upgrade file to a temporary directory on the hard disk.
2. From the C:\ prompt, change to the temporary directory.
3. To extract the file, type the name of the BIOS upgrade file, for example:
10006BI1.EXE
4. Press <Enter>. The extracted file contains the following files:
LICENSE.TXT
README.TXT
BIOS.EXE
5. Read the LICENSE.TXT file, which contains the software license agreement, and the
README.TXT file, which contains the instructions for the BIOS upgrade.
6. Insert the bootable diskette into drive A.
7. To extract the BIOS.EXE file to the diskette, change to the temporary directory that
holds the BIOS.EXE file and type:
BIOS A:
8. Press <Enter>.
9. The diskette now holds the BIOS upgrade and recovery files.
1. Boot the computer with the floppy disk in drive A.
2. Type <1> and then press <Enter>.
3. When the utility is done updating the BIOS, the system reboots automatically.
Remove the floppy from the floppy drive.
4. Press <F2> while the splash screen is displayed to enter the BIOS Setup program.
5. Load the Setup program defaults. To load the defaults, press <F9>. To accept the
defaults, press <Enter>.
6. Clear the CMOS. See the 1450 Server Maintenance Guide.
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