IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Firmware Recovery, Precover.img

Firmware Recovery

If a troubleshooting procedure has indicated that the firmware information in yo system unit has been corrupted, then you must perform a firmware recovery.

To perform a firmware recovery, do the following:

1.Locate your firmware update diskette.

2.Using another system unit, rename the

*.img ,br file on the firmware update diskette to

precover.img

3. Make sure your system unit is turned off.

4. Insert		the	firmware recovery diskette into		your	system	unit.
5. Turn	on	your	system	unit.
6. When	the keyboard			indicator appears,1 keypressif	the	system	console is

an ASCII terminal, orF1 thekey if the system console is a directly-attached keyboard.

7.When the System Management Services appear, choose Utilities and perform a Firmware Update as described above.

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