Chapter 4: Operating System Recovery; Introduction; Prerequisites - NCR 7454 Hardware User's Manual

Operating System Recovery
Chapter 4:

Introduction

Prerequisites

This chapter discusses procedures how to recover the Operating
System by using the parallel CD‐ROM drive. The software is
distributed on bootable CD‐ROM media. The drivers that are necessary
to run the CD‐ROM are temporarily installed during boot.
It is also possible to perform a BIOS update using a network
connection. Refer to the NCR FitClient Software Userʹs Guide for
information about that procedure.
The following are required on the 7454 in order to perform an OS
recovery using a CD.
•
Bootable CD‐ROM drive
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External 2336‐K007 (Parallel CD‐ROM – Series 5 or Series 6)
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The terminal BIOS must be 1.02.00.00 or greater.
•
MicroSolutions BackPack CD‐ROM Series 6 requires BIOS
2.1.1.1 or greater
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Keyboard
Caution: When performing an OS recovery from a larger source
image (larger disk) to a smaller destination disk you must use the
special procedure described in the OS Recovery from a Larger Disk Image
section that follows.