Operating instructions

2.7.2 Manual Updates
If the RMC firmware or serial ROM (SROM) become corrupted, you can
perform a manual update.
1. Boot the update medium.
2. At the UPD> prompt, enter the exit command and answer y at the prompt:
UPD> exit
Do you want to do a manual update [y/(n)] y
AlphaServer DS25 Console V6.3-1, built on May 2,2002 at
05:02:30
3. To update RMC firmware, enter update rmc. To update the serial ROM
(SROM), enter update srom. For example:
UPD> update rmc
or
UPD> update srom
NOTE: The RMC will recycle and it will seem as if the system has reset. Only
the RMC resets itself during the update. If the update is done through
the serial line connected to COM1, and COM1_mode is set to through.
RMC power-up messages will be seen during the update.
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