User`s manual

DIGITAL-LOGIC AG MSLB-P5 Manual V0.3
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15 PHOENIX PHLASH
(The current BIOS doesn`t support this function.)
Phoenix Phlash gives you the ability to update your BIOS from a floppy disk without having to install a
new ROM BIOS chip.
Phoenix Phlash is a utility for "flashing" (copying) a BIOS to the Flash ROM installed on your com-
puter from a floppy disk. A Flash ROM is a Read-Only Memory chip that you can write to using a spe-
cial method called "flashing." Use Phoenix Phlash for the following tasks:
Update the current BIOS with a new version.
Restore a BIOS when it has become corrupted.
15.1 Installation
Phoenix Phlash is shipped on a floppy disk with your computer as a compressed file called
CRISDISK.ZIP that contains the following files:
CRISDISK.BAT
Executable file for creating the Crisis Recovery Disk-
ette.
PHLASH.EXE Programs the flash ROM.
PLATFORM.BIN Performs platform-dependent functions.
BIOS.ROM Actual BIOS image to be programmed into flash ROM.
MINIDOS.SYS Allows the system to boot in Crisis Recovery Mode.
MAKEBOOT.EXE Creates the custom boot sector on the Crisis Recovery
Diskette.
To install Phoenix Phlash on your hard disk, follow this simple procedure:
1. Insert the distribution diskette into drive A:
2. Unzip the contents of CRISDISK.ZIP into a local directory, presumably C:\PHLASH.
3. Store the distribution diskette in a safe place.
15.2 Create the Crisis Recovery Diskette
If the OEM or dealer from whom you purchased your system has not provided you with one, then you
should create a Crisis Recovery Diskette before you use the Phlash utility. If you are unable to boot
your system and successfully load the Operating System, the BIOS may have been corrupted, in
which case you will have to use the Crisis Recovery Diskette to reboot your system. There are several
methods that you can use to create the Crisis Recovery Diskette. Below is one recommended proce-
dure.
1. Be sure you have successfully installed the Phlash Utility onto your hard disk.
2. Insert a clean diskette into drive A: or B:
3. From the local directory, enter the following:
CRISDISK [drive]:
where [drive] is the letter of the drive into which you inserted the diskette.
For help, type /? or /h.