B Oot L Oader U Pgrading; Primary B Oot L Oader - MikroTik RouterBoard 1200 User Manual

upgrade f irmware – r eceive a n ew b oot l oader i mage u sing X Modem p rotocol o ver s erial l ine o r u sing
DHCP/BOOTP a nd T FTP p rotocols t hrough t he E thernet n etwork ( upgrade f irmware o ver e thernet | u pgrade
firmware o ver s erial p ort).
board i nfo – p rints t he s erial n umber, b oot l oader v ersion, C PU f requency, m emory s ize a nd M AC a ddresses o f
the o nboard E thernet p orts
boot p rotocol – n etwork b ooting p rotocol ( bootp p rotocol | d hcp p rotocol; b ootp p rotocol b y d efault).
do m emory t esting – p erforms a f ull m emory t est.
cpu-­‐frequency –
selects a m emory a nd C PU f requency c ombination t o i ncrease o r d ecrease p erformance o f t he d evice
* a - MEM:333DDR
b - MEM:400DDR
c - MEM:400DDR
d - MEM:500DDR
e - MEM:533DDR
f - MEM:400DDR
Boot L oader U pgrading
The b oot l oader i s n eeded t o i nitialize a ll t he h ardware a nd b oot t he s ystem u p. N ewer l oader v ersions m ight
have s upport f or m ore h ardware, s o i t's g enerally a g ood i dea t o u pgrade t he l oader o nce a n ewer v ersion i s
available.
The b oot l oader u pgrading i s p ossible f rom M ikroTik R outerOS, f rom w ithin t he " /system r outerboard" m enu.
Updates a re i ncluded w ith e ach R outerOS u pdate. T he p rocedure i s d escribed i n t he M ikroTik R outerOS
manual: h ttp://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Bootloader_upgrade
You c an a lso u pgrade t he l oader t hrough t he o nboard s erial p ort u sing X Modem p rotocol ( programs a vailable
for a ll m ajor O Ss). F or e xample, y ou c an u se H yperTerminal f or W indows o r M inicom f or L inux t o u pload t he
boot l oader. A lternatively i f y ou h ave a D HCP/BOOTP a nd T FTP s ervers a vailable, y ou c an s pecify t he l oader
image a s a b oot i mage a nd c hoose t he b ios u pgrade o ver e thernet o ption i n t he b oot l oader c onfiguration
menu. T he l oader w ill g et t he i mage f rom t he T FTP s erver a nd u pgrade i tself. T he m ost c urrent l oader i mage i s
available f or d ownload o n w ww.routerboard.com.
Primary B oot L oader
There a re t wo b oot l oaders p resent o n t he N OR f lash m emory c hip. S econdary i s t he m ain o ne, t hat i s
executed b y d efault. T his i s t he o ne t hat c an b e u pgraded. I n c ase s omething g oes w rong i n t he u pgrade
process, o r y ou h ave s et s ome i ncorrect s ettings t hat r ender i t u nusable, y ou c an l oad t he P rimary b oot l oader
by h olding t he S oftware R eset 1 b utton ( S401), c onnecting t he p ower, a nd t hen r eleasing t he b utton/jumper.
The P rimary b oot l oader h as t he d efault s ettings, w hich c an n ot b e c hanged. I t i s a lso n ot p ossible t o u pgrade
it.
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CPU:666MHz
CPU:800MHz
CPU:1GHz
CPU:1GHz
CPU:1.066GHz
CPU:1.200GHz