IBM H80 Series manual Place This Service Aid. The command Is located

When

this

service aid is

run

from

standalone

diagnostics,

the

flash

update image

file

is copied to the file system from diskette. The

user

must

provide the image on a

backup

diskette

because the

user

does

not

have

access

to

remote

file systems

or

any other files that are on the system. If

not enough space is available, an error i

reported, stating additional system memory is

needed. After

the file is copied, a

screen requests confirmation before continuing

with the update flash. Continuing the

update

flash reboots the systemreboot

using-

commandthe. You

may

receive

a

Caution: some process(es) wouldn't die message during the reboot process.

You

can

ignore

this

message. The

current

flash

image

is

not

saved.

You

can

use updatetheflash

command

in

place

of this

service

aid. The command

is located

/usr/lpp/diagnostics/binthe

directory. The

command

syntax

is

as

follows:

update_flash [-q] -f file_name

update_flash [-q] -D device_name-f file_name

update_flash [-q] -D device_name-l

Flag

Description

-q

Forces

theupdate_flash

command

to update

the

flash

EPROM

and

reboot

the

system

without

asking

for

confirmation.

-DSpecifies that the device_name variable device_name is/dev/fdð.

flash update image file is on diskette. The specifies the diskette drive. The default

-f	Flash	update image			file sourcefil .nameThevariable specifies the				fully
	qualified		path	of	the	flash	update	image file.
-l	Lists	the	files	on	a	diskette	for	the user to choose a	flash update image
	file.

Attention: The update_flash command reboots the entire system. Do not use this command if more than one user is logged on to the system.

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