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System BIOS
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Creating a custom BIOS image
ThefollowingproceduresexplainhowtoextractandrestoreaBIOSimagethatincludes
yourcustomsettings.
Extract the BIOS image
1. EnsuretheBIOSimagetobeextractedhasthepreferredBIOSsettingsandthose
settingsweresavedusingBIOSSetup.
2. StarttheCPMandverifyitsoperatingsystemhasthersysbflashutilityinstalled.Ifitis
notinstalled,followthesesteps:
a. LocatetheATCA‐45xx‐<version>.tgzfileappropriatefortheATCA‐4500,
ATCA‐4550,orATCA‐4555inthePromentumsoftwareimage.CopytheATCA‐45xx‐
<version>.tgzfiletoatemporarydirectoryontheCPM.Chooseapathandname
thatcanbeeasilyaccessedfortheremainingsteps.
b. DecompresstheATCA‐45xx‐<version>.tgzfilebyenteringthefollowingcommand
fromwithinthetemporarydirectory:
tar‐xzvf<version>.tgz
Thiscreatesadirectorynamed<version>inthetemporarydirectory.TheRPMsfor
eachsupportedOSarelocatedunderthepackagesdirectory.Forexample,the
packagesforMontaVistaCGE4.0canbefoundinthisdirectory:
packages/radisys/releases/2.3/montavista/4/x86_pentium4/
ATCA‐4500/RPMS/
c. Installthersysbflashutilitybyenteringthefollowingcommand:
rpm‐Uhv<path_to_packages>/rsysbflash‐<version>.rpm
3. Runrsysbflashwiththe/OoptiontoextracttheBIOSimagetoafile(gold.rom):
rsysbflashgold.rom/O
ThisBIOSimagecontainsthenewBIOSandallcustomsettings.
Restore the BIOS image
AfterextractingtheBIOSimage,followthesestepstorestorethecustomizedBIOS.
1. StarttheCPMthathasrsysbflashinstalled.
2. Copygold.romtotheCPM.
3. ProgramtheBIOSandBIOSsettingsusingthefollowingcommand:
rsysbflashgold.rom/P/B/N/X
ThisupdatestheBIOSbootblock,mainblock,andBIOSsettings.