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| 3549.1 | set flash update xxxx | MARVIN::GLANVILLE | | Wed Feb 19 1997 04:56 | 19 |
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See http://www-engreo.reo.dec.com/ipeg/cdc/REL_V100/dynflash.pdf
I think you want some thing like:
show flash
The response should include a line like:
flash boot area xxxx
Then give the following command with xxxx from above:
set flash update xxxx
Richard.
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| 3549.2 | New functionality for MPC-III | MARVIN::RIGBY | No such thing as an alpha beta | Wed Feb 19 1997 06:49 | 12 |
| This problem is caused by the new functionality available on MPC-III. As the
flash is twice as large as the MPC-II flash and, to-date, no customer has
exhausted the MPC-II flash, the MPC-III flash is considered to be TWO,
independent flash sections, individually modifyable. This allows for on the fly
loading of a new configuration WITHOUT deleting the old one first. This removes
the window that is exposed with MPC-II when the old flash contents have been
deleted and disaster strikes before the new contents have been loaded. If the
DECNIS is not boot-ROM loadable (for example it only has X.25 or FrameRelay
connections to the nearest load host) then this was fatal.
Hence there is now a parameter which controls which flash section you are
dealing with, as described by Richard in .1
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| 3549.3 | Got it working - but questions about flash update | RICKER::STRAUB | ZKO Network Support, 381-2311 | Wed Feb 19 1997 09:44 | 20 |
| Hi,
Thanks for the info. The doc was moved and it took a while to find
it again. It's not easy to find the doc on the web page as
you roam through www-engreo.reo.dec.com. I finally found it on
npbwww.hpn.lkg.dec.com/dr/cdc/relnotes.html. Please let us know
if it moves again. (I used to find it on
www-engreo.reo.dec.com/ipeg/cdc/rel_v01001/relnotes.html).
I was able to use the commands I used to use once the flash update
area was set. I'm not clear about the update command. Suppose
I just want to update dsg_nis. If I use update, will it just
update dsg_nis, or will it try to update everything in flash?
What would be the best procedure for doing this without wiping
out what is currently in flash with the delete command?
Thanks.
mollie
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| 3549.4 | update clears a 4M area | MARVIN::HIGGINSON | Peter Higginson DTN 830 6293, Reading UK | Wed Feb 19 1997 17:30 | 28 |
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Mollie,
The boot and update areas give you pointers to the two areas and then
you can use commands that also work on an MPC-II to update each area
independantly.
(Warning - I believe that if you boot from a load host, it writes into the
last update area you set, would run that image but then would take script
files from the load area. So don't mix host loading and areas.)
The update command expects a complete load file as a parameter - eg
a combined file - and will clear the 4M flash area first. If you give
dsg_nis it should fail because the format is wrong.
For individual files within an area you can delete (but you don't
get the space back) and add.
Hope that helps,
Peter
John,
Thanks for the pointer - for some reason notes has stopped telling
me about new notes.
Peter
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| 3549.5 | Thanks | RICKER::STRAUB | ZKO Network Support, 381-2311 | Thu Feb 20 1997 09:35 | 3 |
| That's what I wanted to know. Thanks, Peter.
mollie
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