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3.10.2 Updating Firmware from Floppy Disk — Creating the Diskettes.....3-32
3.10.3 Updating Firmware from Floppy Disk — Performing the Update....3-34
3.10.4 Updating Firmware from a Network Device....................................3-38
3.10.5 LFU Commands..............................................................................3-42
3.11 Hard Disk Partitioning ...........................................................................3-45
3.11.1 Hard Disk Error Conditions.............................................................3-45
3.11.2 System Partitions ............................................................................3-46
3.11.3 How AlphaBIOS Works with System Partitions..............................3-47
3.12 Using the Halt Button ............................................................................3-48
3.13 Halt Assertion........................................................................................3-49
Chapter 4 SRM Console
4.1 Invoking the SRM Console ......................................................................4-2
4.2 Command Summary ................................................................................4-3
4.3 Displaying the System Configuration.......................................................4-8
4.4 Creating a Power-Up Script ...................................................................4-15
4.5 Booting the Operating System................................................................4-17
4.6 Configuring the System..........................................................................4-19
4.6.1 Configuring DSSI............................................................................4-19
4.6.2 Configuring a PCI NVRAM Module ...............................................4-21
4.6.3 Configuring the ISA Bus.................................................................4-22
4.7 Testing the System.................................................................................4-24
4.8 Making the System Secure.....................................................................4-26
4.9 Stopping and Starting CPUs...................................................................4-31
4.10 Updating Firmware................................................................................4-33
4.11 Forcing a System Crash Dump...............................................................4-35
4.12 Using Environment Variables ................................................................4-36
4.13 Depositing and Examining Data.............................................................4-39
4.14 Reading a File........................................................................................4-42
4.15 Initializing the System ...........................................................................4-43
4.16 Finding Help..........................................................................................4-45
4.17 Switching from SRM to AlphaBIOS Console.........................................4-46
4.18 Environment Variable Summary............................................................4-47
Chapter 5 AlphaBIOS Console
5.1 Starting AlphaBIOS.................................................................................5-2
5.2 Keyboard Conventions and Help..............................................................5-4
5.3 Displaying the System Configuration.......................................................5-6
5.3.1 System Board Configuration .............................................................5-8
5.3.2 Hard Disk Configuration.................................................................5-10
5.3.3 PCI Configuration...........................................................................5-12
5.3.4 Memory Configuration....................................................................5-15