NCR NCR7454 manual Operating System Recovery, Prerequisites

Chapter 4: Operating System Recovery

Introduction

This chapter discusses procedures how to recover the Operating System by using the parallel CD-ROM drive. The software is distributed on bootable CD-ROM media. The drivers that are necessary to run the CD-ROM are temporarily installed during boot.

It is also possible to perform a BIOS update using a network connection. Refer to the NCR FitClient Software User's Guide for information about that procedure.

Prerequisites

The following are required on the 7454 in order to perform an OS recovery using a CD.

•Bootable CD-ROM drive

•External 2336-K007 (Parallel CD-ROM – Series 5 or Series 6)

•The terminal BIOS must be 1.02.00.00 or greater.

•MicroSolutions BackPack CD-ROM Series 6 requires BIOS 2.1.1.1 or greater

•Keyboard

Caution: When performing an OS recovery from a larger source image (larger disk) to a smaller destination disk you must use the special procedure described in the OS Recovery from a Larger Disk Image section that follows.