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1. Tab In Menus Not applicable In Data Entry Not applicable In Dialog Boxes Move to the next field in the box Mouse Operation Moving the mouse over a menu or submenu item causes the menu highlight bar to change position Movement of the mouse occasionally interferes with keyboard input For example if the mouse is in motion while the keyboard is being used for menu navigation submenus may not be displayed correctly Action Description Right Click No action Left Click Invokes the selected menu item or action Middle Click No action Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 2 3 User Interface Diagram and Key Usage Definitions 2 4 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Using Motorola Firmware When you power on your PowerPC system the firmware initializes the hardware and performs Power On Self Test POST routines The POST routine failures are displayed in the DEBUG window When the POST routines have completed the DEBUG window is automatically minimized and the Motorola Firmware window is restored Wednesday Boot Setup Password Help Press H for help or M for menu The following sections describe the menu choices Boot Password and Help The Setup menu should be accessible only to the System Administrator or similarly qualified personnel For more information on system administration functionality see System Setup on page 4 1 Motorola Firmware
2. Contains any load options defined for the boot selection 3 Use the arrow keys or the mouse to choose the boot selection environment variable to be edited Edit the information click on Save and proceed to the next environment variable to be edited 4 Click Exit when you are finished Testing Boot Selections Motorola Firmware allows you to verify whether the current boot selections for the Windows NT operating system are valid for the current installation To test the Windows NT boot selections 1 From the Manage NT Startup menu select Test Boot Selections 4 14 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup Manage NT startup Motorola Firmware tests each defined boot selection Results are displayed in the Motorola Firmware window If the firmware encounters any problems with a boot selection it displays the following dialog SEE o Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 15 System Setup 2 Use the arrow keys to select an action from the list at the bottom of the dialog window If you wish to edit the existing boot selection select Change this Boot Selection and follow the instructions in Editing a Boot Selection on page 4 13 to correct the problem Then retest the Windows NT boot selections PR P Operating System OS Boot Selections Motorola Firmware boots PR P compliant operating systems such as IBM AIX To add a PR P compliant operating system to the Boot menu 1 From the Envi
3. lt value gt Text string or character value which must be in single quotes 1 Initialize user defined variables and function keys to default value Note If you make any changes using the set command such as shown in example 2 you are asked if you wish to save them in the FDOS CFG file when you leave the FDOS session If you respond with Yes the newly defined FDOS variables are saved in a file called FDOS CFG However to use those variables in subsequent sessions you need to delete the environment variable named FDOSCFG none default To delete the FDOSCFG environment variable 1 From the Main menu select Setup Environment setup Define env variables then Edit environment variables Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 41 FDOS Utility 2 Using the arrow key or mouse select FDOSCFG None and then click the Delete button This enables FDOS to search for the FDOS CFG file that contains the newly defined environment variables Examples 1 To view all user defined and system defined variables set 2 To define a function key to perform a clear screen command set F4 clear line 3 To reset all user defined variables and function keys to their original value set i 5 42 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands SUBST Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards Options Examples subst drive1 drive2 path subst D drivel The SUBST command creates or deletes symbolic volumes o
4. delete edit or check a Windows NT boot selection first select Setup enter a System Password if required select Environment Setup then Manage NT Startup Follow the instructions listed in the following sections for each operation Adding a Boot Selection In cases of NVRAM loss or changes to the system configuration you may wish to add a Windows NT boot selection Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 9 System Setup To add a Windows NT boot selection 1 From the Manage NT Startup menu select Add a Boot Selection Motorola Firmware brings up the following dialog box Select a system partition Select location of OS partition Ide Hard Disk Hard Disk Scsi CD ROM CD ROM ATAPI CD ROM CD ROM Scsi Hard Disk 0 Partition 1 E i E E Is OS partition same as the OS 10a Enter the osloader directory and nani os winnt351 osloader exe Enter the operating system root dirdM osjwinnt 35 Enter a name for this boot select iorfndows NT Initialize the debugger at boot timi 2 Use the arrow keys to select a system partition and an operating system OS partition Using the list presented you may select from existing partitions or define a new partition The list of existing partitions is generated using the FWSEARCHPATH and SYSTEMPARTITION environment variables 3 To define a new partition select a device from the list Motorola Firmware uses the input areas below the list boxes to prompt you for any further inf
5. 2 OSLOADER multi scsi disk 0 rdisk partition 2 os winnt351 osloader ex OSLOADPARTITION multi scsi disk 0 rdisk partition 2 OSLOADFILENAME winnt351 Edit environment variable press SAVE to save Name f sLoapopTrons Value A odebug 3 Use the TAB key or the mouse to select the active field in the dialog box Use the arrow keys to select the environment variable to be edited then modify the value field and click on Save Proceed to the next environment variable to be edited 4 Click Exit when you are finished Uses of the Arrow keys and the Delete Tab and Backspace keys are listed in Table 2 1 on page 2 2 Creating Environment Variables To create a new environment variable 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Define env Variables then Edit Environment Variables 4 6 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup 2 Motorola Firmware displays the same dialog box shown in Editing Environment Variables on page 4 6 3 Click Add to clear the name and value fields 4 Enter a name and value for the new environment variable and click on Save Motorola Firmware adds the name and value of the new environment variable to the list of current variables 5 Click Exit when you are finished Deleting Environment Variables To delete an environment variable 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Define env Variables then Edit Environment Variables 2 Motorola Firmware di
6. Commands MOUNT Synopsis mount Description MOUNT displays the named nodes loosely synonymous with mount points in the firmware component table Alias None Options None Example To display firmware component table named nodes mount Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 29 FDOS Utility MOVE Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards Options A Warning move vol path source vol path target MOVE moves a file or files from one directory location to another The file s are copied to the new location and deleted from the old location If a wildcard is specified in the source filename then MOVE moves a group of files in the source directory to the target directory If a source vol path are not specified then the current working directory is assumed If a target vol path is not specified the current working directory is assumed If a target filename is specified then MOVE moves the file renaming it in the process If the source and the target both resolve to the same vol path filename FDOS returns an error and in the source filename if target is not specified None If source and target are both files and target exists FDOS overwrites target without issuing a prompt Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands Examples 1 To move the file README TXT from the current working directory to the A DOCS directory move readme txt a docs 2 To move all files in the root dire
7. Introduction to Motorola PowerPC Firmware Supported Peripherals Motorola Firmware supports the following peripherals Peripheral Description and Capacity Hard Drives 2Gb 4Gb 9Gb CD ROM 600 Mb Floppy Drive 1 44 Mb 3 5 AT Conventions Unless otherwise noted command syntax and code examples use the following Case variable output input Commands and reserved words typically appear in uppercase letters Unless the manual states otherwise you can enter these items using uppercase lowercase or both For example you can type MYPROG myprog or MYprog Words appearing in italics are variables that you must replace with appropriate values as in filename Words appearing in the courier font represent output Words formatted as bold represent commands to be input Square brackets enclose optional information as in option If information is not enclosed in square brackets it is required A vertical bar indicates an either or choice of information to enter as in the command echo on off message Motorola Firmware for PowerPC User Interface Diagram and Key Usage Definitions Setup Vv Main Menu v Vv Boot Setup Password Help Environment Set r Autoboot Time and Date Run Program Express Setup Run FDOS Define Environment Reset Environment Variables Variables
8. Not applicable In Data Entry Deletes the character before the current cursor position Delete In Menus Not applicable In Data Entry Deletes the character at the current cursor position Insert In Menus Not applicable In Data Entry Toggles insert mode Insert mode is indicated by a black cursor Overtype mode is indicated by a white cursor Up Arrow In Menus Rotates the highlighted menu selection up one position if the current menu item is on the top and Up Arrow is pressed the bottom menu item will be highlighted In Data Entry Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current field If the cursor is already at the beginning of the field pressing the Up Arrow moves the cursor to the previous field 2 2 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Key Down Arrow Usage In Menus Rotates the highlighted menu selection down one position if the current menu item is on the bottom and Down Arrow is pressed the top menu item will be highlighted In Data Entry Moves the cursor to the end of the current field If the cursor is already at the end of the field pressing the Down Arrow moves the cursor to the next field Left Arrow In Menus Collapses submenus In Data Entry Used to nondestructively move the cursor one position to the left during data entry Right Arrow In Menus Expands submenus In Data Entry Used to nondestructively move the cursor one position to the right during data entry
9. Press H for help or M for menu Motorola Firmware presents a list of existing boot selections 2 Click on the boot selection you wish to edit Motorola Firmware brings up the following dialog box Use Arrow keys to select a variable LOADIDENTIFIER Windows NT SYSTEMPARTITION multi scsi disk 0 rdisk partition 2 OSLOADER multi scsi disk 0 rdisk partition 2 os winnt351 osloader ex OSLOADPARTITION multi scsi disk 0 rdisk partition 2 LOADF ILENAME winnt351 JOPTIO odebug Edit environment variable press SAVE to save Name BRtoapoerions save Value E odebug 4 13 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC System Setup LOADIDENTIFIER SYSTEMPARTITION OSLOADER OSLOADPARTITION OSLOADFILENAME OSLOADOPTIONS Contains an ASCII string used to associate the values contained in SYSTEMPARTITION OSLOADER OSLOADPARTITION OSLOADFILENAME and OSLOADOPTIONS The value of this variable can be modified to better describe the particular installation of the Windows NT operating system Contains the path for the system partition A system partition is typically located on a hard disk IDE or SCSI and must be formatted with the FAT file system Contains the path for OSLOADER EXE Contains the pathname for the partition containing the operating system Contains the directory and pathname of the operating system
10. Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 Motorola Inc Computer Group 2900 South Diablo Way Tempe Arizona 85282 Preface The Motorola Firmware for PowerPC User s Guide is designed to complement Motorola Firmware s user friendly interface by describing each task and providing details on circumstances under which particular tasks are necessary This guide also provides information on the Motorola Firmware utilities and lists supported peripheral devices This manual includes the following chapters Chapter 1 provides an overview of Motorola Firmware Chapter 2 provides an overview of the Motorola Firmware user interface and shows functional group organization Chapter 3 describes user accessible functionality such as booting an operating system and setting the boot password Chapter 4 discusses how to administer the system using Motorola Firmware The procedures described in this section should only be used by system administrators or similarly qualified personnel Chapter 5 describes the Motorola Firmware FDOS utility and lists commands Chapter 6 provides system administrators with firmware installation instructions Motorola and the Motorola symbol are registered trademarks of Motorola Inc PowerStack is a trademark of Motorola Inc PowerPC and the PowerPC logo are trademarks of IBM Corp AIX and IBM are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporati
11. a directory MOUNT Display firmware component table named nodes MOVE Move a file PART Show all disk partitions PAUSE Cause FDOS to wait for keyboard input READB Read one or more bytes from a memory location READH Read one or more half words from a memory location READW Read one or more words from a memory location REGEDIT Displays and allows editing of processor registers 5 4 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands Table 5 1 FDOS Commands Function Description REM Mark a line in a batch file as a comment line RESTART Reboot or reset system RMDIR Delete a directory SET Set display FDOS function key environment variables SUBST Display a volume table or define a virtual user volume SYSTEM Display vendor and product IDs TREE Display directory tree TYPE Display files on screen VERSION Display the FDOS version number WRITEB Write one or more bytes starting at a specific memory location WRITEH Write one or more half words starting at a specific memory location WRITEW Write one or more words starting at a specific memory location gt Redirect stdout to log file gt gt Append stdout to log file gt Redirect errout to log file gt Append errout to log file Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 5 FDOS Utility ATTRIB Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards attrib options vol path filename The ATTRIB command displays and o
12. as a string of asterisks e g Motorola Firmware does not ask you to confirm password settings The functionality required for these actions is grouped under the Manage Passwords menu option shown below Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 17 System Setup Define env variaBl Set Autoboot Manage NT startup Time and Date PR P OS boot setup Run Program Manage asswords Express setup Configure desktop Hard disk setup Setup Screen Saver Run Fdos Press H for help or IM for menu Enabling Disabling Boot and System Passwords To enable or disable boot passwords and system passwords 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Manage Passwords The following dialog box is displayed System Password x Enter System Pas sword 2 To enable or disable the system or boot password click on the corresponding button A check appears if password is enabled 4 18 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup Setting Boot and System Passwords To set or change boot passwords and system passwords 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Manage Passwords Motorola Firmware displays the same screen shown in Enabling Disabling Boot and System Passwords on page 4 18 2 Enter and verify the new boot and or system password 3 Click OK when you are finished Configuring the Desktop Motorola Firmware allows you to change the look of the desktop by assigning new colors to existing
13. components to ensure that the manufactured system is functional and ready for use In its software role firmware provides a method for describing the hardware platform to an operating system OS so that the OS can make full use of each hardware component and feature Motorola Firmware allows you to perform a variety of tasks on your PowerPC system These tasks range from performing system setup and additional hardware installation before booting an operating system to booting one of the three currently supported operating systems Supported Standards Hardware and software standards are supported in Motorola Firmware as a response to innovations in systems add on cards and operating system software Motorola Firmware supports the following major hardware and software specifications a PowerPC Reference Platform PR P Specification The PR P specification introduced by the Apple IBM Motorola AIM Alliance describes the standards for PowerPC hardware platforms Operating systems currently adhering to the PR P specification include IBM AIX a Windows NT Portable Boot Loader Specification The Windows NT Portable Boot Loader specification describes the requirements for booting the Microsoft Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 1 1 Introduction to Motorola PowerPC Firmware Windows NT operating system on all RISC computing platforms Motorola Firmware Features Motorola Firmware provides a wide range of features from hardw
14. desktop attributes To configure the desktop 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Configure Desktop 2 29 1996 Password Set Autoboot Manage NT startup Time and Date PR P OS boot setup Run Program Manage passwords Express setup Configure desktop Hard disk setup Setup Screen Saver Run Fdos Press H for help or M for menu Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 19 System Setup Motorola Firmware brings up the following dialog box Configure desktop C m ICG 2 Select from the Desktop Attributes list and use the scroll bars at the right to change the colors 3 Use the Enable Bit Map button to display a bitmap as the backdrop 4 Click OK when you are finished 4 20 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup Setting Up the Screen Saver Motorola Firmware includes a screen saver to protect your monitor when your system is left in the firmware state To configure the screen saver 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Setup Screen Saver Motorola Firmware displays the following dialog box Setup Sereen saver Enable Screen Saver Timeout minutes Speed 1 4 Colom 0 15 Cycle Color a F a F E E Cycle Speed Press SPACE to Select patterns Big X Criss Cross Horizontal Wiper Vertical Wiper Checker 64 2 Select one or more screen saver patterns from the list box A check mark appears next to each pattern which is selected If
15. directory dir 2 To list everything on the floppy mounted in drive A while suppressing file size listings dir s z a Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands 3 To list all files in directory C WINNT SYSTEM32 that have a dll extension dir c winnt system32 dll Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 19 FDOS Utility ECHO Synopsis Description Alias echo on off message ECHO displays the current setting of the echo flag changes the setting of the echo flag or outputs a message to screen output The echo flag controls whether or not commands command prompts and output from command execution are sent to the screen echo on or not echo off It can also be used with redirection to create batch or text files If ECHO is off the only data output to the screen is messages prefaced with echo The ECHO command preserves the integrity of blanks preceding and imbedded in the message string ECHO searches for an ECHO option keyword If it does not find one it treats the entire line as a message string FDOS requires one blank space between echo and message Additional blanks are considered part of the message string ECHO is typically used within batch files to make them execute in quiet mode echo off and to output informative or diagnostic messages from them None Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands Options Causes a blank line to be output to screen no
16. for PowerPC 3 1 Using Motorola Firmware Booting an Operating System Motorola Firmware allows you to choose a specific operating system each time you start your computer To boot any operating system that is currently installed on the system 1 Inthe Motorola Firmware window pull down the Boot menu to display a list of properly installed operating systems 2 Click on the operating system you wish to boot Motorola Firmware also allows you to boot PR P compatible operating systems from floppy or CD ROM drives To do so select the appropriate device from the Boot menu To install an operating system on the system contact your system administrator Managing Boot Passwords Motorola Firmware provides password protection to secure your system against unauthorized access and tampering Two levels of password protection allow customized security a Boot Password protection prevents unauthorized access to your system by requiring a password to boot an operating system The Boot Password must be enabled by the system administrator The password is set by the user or the system administrator a System Password protection prevents unauthorized access to your system configuration through the firmware The System Password is set by the system administrator For information on setting a System Password see Managing Boot and System Passwords on page 4 17 Passwords are limited to 8 characters Valid characters include all alpha nu
17. gt gt append stdout to log file gt redirect errout to log file gt append errout to log file Virtual Volumes Help A virtual volume is a symbolic method of referring to an existing volume path string They are typically used for brevity on the command line when entering path names To access the FDOS online help file 4 Enter HELP to display all FDOS internal commands and redirection symbols a Enter HELP followed by a specific command name to display details for that command Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 3 FDOS Utility a Enter the command name followed by to display details for that command The following sections describe each FDOS command FDOS Commands Figure 5 1 lists all FDOS functions and briefly describes each Table 5 1 FDOS Commands Function Description ATTRIB Set file attributes BATCH Execute named batch command files CHDIR Change to a new working directory CLS Clear the screen CNFG Displays and allows editing of Board Information Block COPY Copy a file COPYDIR Copy a directory or directory tree DATE Display date and time DIR List directory contents ECHO Set command echo flag display message ERASE Delete files EXIT Quit FDOS FLASH Archive load new firmware image into ROM memory HELP Display all commands or syntax for a given command MEMORY Display firmware physical memory map MKDIR Create
18. more than one pattern is selected Motorola Firmware cycles through the patterns 3 Use the Enable Screen Saver button to enable or disable the screen saver The Timeout field indicates how many minutes Motorola Firmware waits before entering screen saver mode Use the Speed and Color fields to specify the appearance of the screen saver patterns or use the Cycle Color and Cycle Speed buttons to give a random appearance to the patterns 4 Click OK when you are finished Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 21 System Setup Enabling Disabling Autoboot With autobooting enabled Motorola Firmware automatically boots a preselected operating system after waiting for a predetermined period of time Users can abort the autoboot function by pressing the ESC key If autobooting is not enabled when the system is powered on the Motorola Firmware window is displayed The system waits for you to select which operating system Motorola Firmware will boot To enable Motorola Firmware s autoboot feature 1 From the System Setup menu select Set Autoboot Time and Date Run Program Express setup Hard disk setup Run Fdos Press H for help or M for menu 4 22 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Enabling Disabling Autoboot Motorola Firmware displays the following dialog box Set Autoboot Enable autoboot Enter Countdown Value in secon Select OS to autoboot ELOPPY CD ROM 2 Use the Enable Autoboot b
19. of the restart block or autoload environment variable halt halt the system Examples 1 To reboot the system restart reboot 2 To halt the system restart halt 3 To halt the system and powerdown if powerdown available on this system restart powerdown Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 39 FDOS Utility RMDIR Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards Options Examples rmdir vol path RMDIR removes the specified directory if it is empty If it contains files use the ERASE command to delete the files before removing the directory See ERASE on page 5 22 for a description of the command If only a directory name is specified then RMDIR assumes the specified directory is a child of the current working directory It is an error to attempt to remove the current directory the parent directory or any ancestor directory of the current working directory rd None None 1 To remove the empty directory C TEMP rmdir c temp 2 To remove the empty directory GROK which is a child of the current working directory rmdir grok 3 To remove the empty directory OBJ which is a child of the parent directory rmdir obj 5 40 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands SET Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards Options set The SET command displays or sets the FDOS keys and environment variables None None lt variable gt FDOS function key or environment variable
20. registers and allows them to be edited With the S option REGEDIT also displays the contents of the segment registers The M option allows you to view each of the registers individually and change it if necessary As each field is presented press ENTER to keep the current value or type in a new value at the prompt Press ESC at any time to save your modifications and exit reg R Display the contents of the processor registers default S Include the contents of the segment registers M Modify the processor registers Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 37 FDOS Utility REM Synopsis rem comment line Description The REM command marks comment lines in batch command files see BATCH on page 5 8 The optional text string following REM must be separated from it by at least one space REM does not have to appear in column one of the line but it must be the first word on the line Alias remark Options comment line text string following REM Example To mark a comment line in a batch command file rem THIS IS A COMMENT LINE 5 38 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands RESTART Synopsis restart option Description The RESTART command reboots or halts the system This command requires that you specify one of the options listed above Alias None Options powerdown halt and if possible remove power reboot power on boot with previous boot parameters restart resume using valid restart block else power on boot
21. space between echo and on Sets the command echo flag on requires a space between echo and on off Sets the command echo flag off requires a space between echo and off message Text to output to screen requires a space between echo and message Examples 1 To check on the current setting of the echo flag echo 2 To turn command echoing off echo off 3 To output a blank line echo 4 To output the text string Error file not found to the screen echo Error file not found Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 21 FDOS Utility ERASE Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards Options A erase vol path filename ERASE deletes files If wildcards are used a group of files may be deleted or a whole directory may be emptied of its files If vol path are not specified then ERASE operates on files in the current working directory del rm and in the base filename filename None If you enter ERASE you are NOT prompted to confirm the deletion Warning Examples 1 To delete the file README TXT in the C directory erase c readme txt 2 To delete all files in the current directory ending with bak erase bak 3 To erase all files in the C USERS JOHN directory erase c users john 5 22 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands EXIT quits the FDOS command shell and returns to the Motorola EXIT Synopsis exit Description Firmware Main Menu Alias N
22. 5 3 FDOS Commands snmo de eaa aree aea aeaaeae aer she ree 5 4 ATTRIB rona e i a oe e A eR E 5 6 BATCH orae a a i OTT SRT AICS PPE RS OEP E E A ROMA LECT NIV E 5 8 CADR a e eesti Se us aR a e ae ee eee Se 5 10 CESE o E ave ites acvaat E E AE EE A eas 5 11 EN A EEE ies ata TA EAA A EE E AE E ee 5 12 CORY rrea aaee Eae ise che ae aA a esis ous EE A EEES 5 13 COPYDIR renra i TRENE E AEE Mh E eI EES 5 15 DATE eE E EAE E ie OEE N e E ENEA 5 17 vi Motorola Firmware for PowerPC ECHO mene niniin ernan nanea Pingecesla aces uc lea r Saanen ae eean EARE ean isina 5 20 ERASE siimaan a iaie aa ea aa a aaia 5 22 EXIT etia aaa aa earra aR aeea Aea E Ea E dibaneets 5 23 FLASH aarte e a a Sethe e E e A A a 5 24 TAP EEE E AEE E AET AE E 5 26 MEMORY a Bramie anire ioia ee n viaa iaa anila 5 27 MKO R a retia acs rena Er A e ea a eea o Oana A aR V E AE 5 28 MOUNT siii e Ratti e eE aE e E E eea E a E 5 29 ALONA EAEE E E EA E AAEE AA 5 30 PART enia Baien RAB E A EA Tah Dion E EA 5 32 PAUSE in e e EE EEE ENO S E ER 5 33 REA DB rnia oeeie ai aoa alii e o aE S iair 5 34 AE DI e EEE AE AE ES EE A E T E E tebe aectests 5 35 REA DW oire RR E EE EE EACE E TEE ESEE ESTEE E tT 5 36 REGED roten aeee OEE e aE N aee E ee e a 5 37 REM npea tastes ecb a a oE e e E a a ee ESE a e Ea 5 38 RESTARDI rare eninin Te lenene aes tte ete AAS a a aoar E OEE ESAE TE 5 39 RMDIR i aE TAA R cele RE 5 40 SEP E e EE alice AEAEE ENN E E E E E R shel 5 41 SUBST preen ne ee enee es
23. A partition Improper use of this system administrator Warning function renders the system inoperable Do not alter PR P boot partitions unless there is a specific need and you are fully aware of the ramifications of modifying the PR P boot partition created during the OS installation procedure If you have a special need to create or modify a PR P boot partition the instructions in the following sections describe how to create update and delete the PowerPC boot partitions 4 28 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Configuring Hard Disk Partitions Creating PowerPC Boot Partitions To create a new PowerPC boot partition 1 From the Hard Disk Setup menu select Create PowerPC Boot Partition and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of devices 2 Select the device on which you would like to create the new partition and press ENTER 3 Enter the size of the partition to be created in megabytes Partitions may be any size from 1 Mb to the remaining available disk space 4 Press ENTER to proceed Motorola Firmware then creates and formats the new partition Updating PowerPC Boot Partitions To update an existing PowerPC boot partition 1 From the Hard Disk Setup menu select Update PowerPC Boot Partition and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of devices 2 Select the device on which the partition resides and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of existing PR P boot partitions 3 Selec
24. Aliases Wildcards Many commands have one or more aliases listed with each command definition Entering the alias works like entering the command name The online help text for each FDOS command also lists its aliases Many commands accept the MS DOS style wildcards and in the specified FAT file system filenames An asterisk entered after a command acts as a wildcard for any alpha numeric character or character string For example the command copy a exe c bin copies all executable exe files from A to the C bin The question mark acts as a wildcard for a single character Command Options Many commands accept options Options entered at the command prompt are case insensitive Options that are specified as single characters are preceded by a forward slash for example S 5 2 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Description Filenames and Pathnames FAT file system filenames are specified in DOS standard eight dot three format up to eight characters before the period which demarcates the beginning of the three character suffix FDOS accepts standard MS DOS style pathnames including both absolute and relative pathnames Output Redirection Output redirection is only available when executing batch command files see BATCH on page 5 8 The log file may be opened in create overwrite or create append mode FDOS uses the following redirection symbols gt redirect stdout to log file
25. Edit Environment Variables Select Keyboard Language Display Environment Descriptions Add Manage a Boot NT Startup Selection PR P OS Boot Setup Manage Passwords Configure Desktop Setup Screen Saver Delete a Boot Selection Edit a Boot Selection Test Boot Selections Configure porii Partitions Boot Partition Update PowerPc Boot Partition Exit Create FAT User accessible functionality Partition Delete Partition Designate System Partition Show Partitions Exit System administrator functionality May be Boot V Password protected May be System Password protected 11625 00 9610 Figure 2 1 User Interface Hierarchy Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 2 1 User Interface Diagram and Key Usage Definitions Table 2 1 describes key usage definitions as they relate to user interface navigation and data entry The mouse can also be used to select the active region within a dialog box or select an item within a list box Table 2 1 Command Line Keystrokes Key Usage lt ENTER gt In Menus Invokes the selected menu or action In Data Entry Saves and terminates data entry from the keyboard lt ESC gt Escape from the current menu to the parent menu Backspace In Menus
26. Motorola Firmware for PowerPC User s Guide Release 3 05 Notice While reasonable efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of this document Motorola Inc assumes no liability resulting from any omissions in this document or from the use of the information obtained therein Motorola reserves the right to revise this document and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of Motorola to notify any person of such revision or changes No part of this material may be reproduced or copied in any tangible medium or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means radio electronic mechanical photocopying recording or facsimile or otherwise without the prior written permission of Motorola Inc It is possible that this publication may contain reference to or information about Motorola products machines and programs programming or services that are not announced in your country Such references or information must not be construed to mean that Motorola intends to announce such Motorola products programming or services in your country Restricted Rights Legend If the documentation contained herein is supplied directly or indirectly to the U S Government the following notice shall apply unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Motorola Inc Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the
27. None S3 928 S3 PCI Paradise Westem Digital N A S3 864 s3 PCI Motorola Firmware for PowerPC A 1 A Video Card Compatibility Chart Table A 1 Motorola Firmware 3 05 Video Test Compatibility Matrix Card ROM Silicon Driver Bus S3 Pro Lightening N A S3 864 3 PCI Paradise Accelerator 24 N A WDC 90C31 N A ISA Diamond Speedstar 24 5 00 Tseng E4000 N A ISA Herc ules Dynamite Pro ISA N A Beng ET4000 N A ISA ISA Tident 8900 N A Tident 8900 N A ISA PCI Tident 9440 A5 1 Tident 9440 N A PCI Herc ules Dynamite Power PCI N A Beng E000 N A PCI Diamond Viper Pro 1 05 Weitek 9100 Weitek9 PCI ATI Gfx Expression 1 02 ATi Mach 64 All PCI ATI CHRP FCODE amp x86 BIOS 1 00 AT Mach 64 All PCI Matrox MGA Impression Plus 3 6 MGA 64 bit N A PCI Matrox MGA Millennia N A MGA Stom R2 Matrox PCI A 2 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Index When using this index keep in mind that a page number indicates only where referenced material begins It may extend to the page or pages following the page referenced A AIX 1 1 4 16 ARC window 4 34 archived firmware restoring 6 3 autobooting 4 22 B boot PR P compatible operating systems 3 2 boot selections PR P operating systems 4 16 Windows NT 4 9 adding 4 9 deleting 4 12 editing 4 13 testing 4 14 booting fatal error 3 6 C command line keystrokes 2 2 configure desktop 4 19 configure memory 3 6 configure scree
28. Setup feature is the quickest way to get Windows NT running on your system Express Setup searches all installed SCSI and EIDE CD ROM devices for the Windows NT installation program and attempts to run it To access Express Setup 1 From the Setup menu select Express Setup Motorola Firmware invokes the Windows NT installation program if it is available Configuring Hard Disk Partitions Motorola Firmware allows you to manage hard disk partitions before booting an operating system The functionality required for these actions is grouped under the Hard Disk Setup menu option as shown in the following diagram Password Help Environment setupP Set Autoboot Time and Date Run Program Express setup Run Fdos Press H for help or M for menu Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 27 System Setup This menu option allows you to a Create update and delete PowerPC Boot Partitions 4 Create and delete FAT Partitions 4 Designate System Partitions a Show Partitions Improper use of these system administrator functions can render the system unusable Warning PowerPC Partition Support PowerPC PR P compliant operating systems create their own specialized boot partitions during the OS installation procedure However for programmers with special needs Motorola Firmware provides the ability to create update and delete these partitions In nearly all cases there is no need to alter the PR P boot
29. alling 6 2 user interface 4 34 system administrator functionality 4 34 user functionality 3 2 to 3 3 user interface hierarchy 2 1 V video test compatibilities A 1 virtual volume 5 3 W Windows NT internal debugger 4 11 Windows NT Portable Boot Loader specifica tion 1 1 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC IN 3 lt moz Index IN 4 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC
30. alues are assumed to be in hexadecimal form If a Databyte value is specified which is larger than a byte an error message is issued and the write is aborted Address is assumed to be a virtual mapped hexadecimal address Specifying a nonmapped address is an error and causes an exception to occur Alias wh Options databyte A list of consecutive databytes to be written Examples 1 To write the byte FF to virtual memory location 8000ADD0 wb 8000add0 ff 2 To write three bytes AA BB DD starting at memory location 80008080 wb 80008080 aa bb dd 5 48 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands WRITEH Synopsis writeh Address data data Description WRITEH writes a half word or half words to the specified virtual memory location Address At least one halfword must be specified and more may be optionally listed on the command line separated by a space Data values are assumed to be in hexadecimal form If a Data value is specified which is larger than a half word an error message is issued and the write is aborted Address is assumed to be a virtual mapped hexadecimal address If Address is not aligned on a half word boundary then an error message is issued and the write operation is aborted Specifying a nonmapped address is an error and causes an exception to occur Remember that this is a Little Endian environment Alias wh Options data A list of consecutive halfwords to be written Examples 1 To write the
31. amming completes successfully the next time you apply power to the system it executes the restored firmware Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 6 3 Evaluating and Installing Motorola Firmware 6 4 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Video Card Compatibility Chart The following table provides video test compatibilities for Motorola Firmware Table A 1 Motorola Firmware 3 05 Video Test Compatibility Matrix Card ROM Silicon Driver Bus MCG Blackhawk onboard video N A Cirrus 5434 Cinus OB STB Horizon 11 Cimus 5429 Cimus ISA Diamond Speedster 64 2 00 Cinus 5434 Cimus ISA MCG Prolink Alpine N A Cimus 5434 Cinus PCI Diamond Speedstar Pro SE 1 00 Cinus 5430 Cirrus PCI Orchid Kelvin 1 1 Cimus 5434 Cimus PCI STB Nitro 64 1 0 Cirus 5436 Cirrus PCI Diamond Stealth Video 1 01 S3 868 s3 PCI Diamond Stealth SE 1 02 S3 732 s3 PCI Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM 2 02 S3 764 s3 PCI Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM 1 01 3 968 S3 PCI Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM 1 05H S3 964 Ss PCI 9 GXE 1 15 20 S3 928 Ss PCI 9 GXE64 Pro 1 03 S3 964 s3 PCI 9 GXE64 1 02 09 S3 864 s3 PCI 9 Motion 531 9FX 2 04 02 S3 868 S3 PCI Leadtec h Winfast S240 N A S3 764 S3 PCI Leadtec h Winfast S400 None S3 964 s3 PCI Spea Mirage P 64 V 1 00 S3 868 s3 PCI Spea Mirage P 64 V 1 01 S3 968 s3 PCI SIB Power Graph 64 1 0 S3 764 s3 PCI Hercules Graphite Terminator 64 N A S3 964 Ss PCI IBM
32. ard Disk Partitions 3 Enter the size of the partition to be created in megabytes Partitions may be any size from 1 Mb to the remaining available disk space 4 Press ENTER to proceed Motorola Firmware then creates and formats the new partition Deleting FAT Partitions To delete an existing FAT partition 1 From the Hard Disk Setup menu select Delete Partition and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of devices 2 Select the device on which the partition resides and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of existing partitions 3 Select the partition to be deleted and press ENTER Motorola Firmware issues the following prompt Are you sure y n 4 Type y to delete the partition or n to abort the operation and press ENTER Motorola Firmware then deletes the partition Designating System Partitions A system partition is a partition that has been formatted with the FAT file system whose pathname is contained in the environment variable SYSTEMPARTITION The SYSTEMPARTITION environment variable may have multiple values Each value is associated with a boot selection and is separated by a semicolon Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 31 System Setup To designate an existing partition as a system partition 1 From the Hard Disk Setup menu select Designate System Partition and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of devices 2 Select the device on which the partition reside
33. are and peripheral support to unique utilities and OS specific installation assistance Specific features include m Support for PowerPC 603 603e 603ev 604 and 604e microprocessors 486 real mode emulation for video option ROM int10 support Core logic library and porting source including chipset port and platform modules Power On Self Tests POST 60 ROM image compression FDOS command interpreter shell utility Convenient window based user interface Full implementation of the Windows NT Portable Boot Loader Specification Full implementation of PR P v1 1 conventional firmware including residual data nonvolatile random access memory NVRAM and OS booting Installation support to create and format FAT File Allocation Table partitions and to create and populate PR P partitions Windows NT boot and installation Windows NT setup user interface IBM AIX boot and installation 1 2 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Motorola Firmware Features Supported Operating Systems Motorola Firmware currently supports and boots the following operating systems a Microsoft Windows NT a IBM AIX Supported Computer Systems Motorola Firmware is supported on the following PowerStackIl products a PowerStackII Pro4000 166 and 4000 200 a PowerStackII Net4000 166 and 4000 200 a PowerStackII Pro2000 200 and 3000 200 a Series E and Series EX a RISC PC and RISC PC Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 1 3
34. are printed to the screen sixteen per line preceded by the starting address for that line and followed by the printable character for each byte If a byte s ASCII value is not a printable character then a period is printed Address is assumed to be a virtual hexadecimal address Entering a nonmapped address causes an exception to occur Ln Length option the integer n following indicates how many consecutive bytes to read 1 To read the byte found at memory location 8000ADD0 rb 8000add0 2 To read the 15 bytes starting at memory location 80008080 rb 80008080 L15 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands READH Synopsis Description Alias Options Examples readh Address option READH reads the half word found at Address and displays its hexadecimal value on the screen If Ln is specified then n consecutive half words are read starting at Address If Ln is not specified then by default READH reads one half word Half words are printed to the screen eight per line preceded by the starting address for that line These are in Little Endian format Address is assumed to be a virtual hexadecimal address Entering a nonmapped address causes an exception to occur READH issues an error message and abort if Address is not aligned on a half word boundary rh Ln Length option the integer n following indicates how many consecutive half words to read 1 To read the half word found at memory locatio
35. ctory of drive A into the current working directory move a 3 To rename the file LOG OUT to LOGO001 TXT in the current working directory move log out log001 txt 4 To move all files in the current working directory with a sys extension to the parent directory move sys Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 31 FDOS Utility PART Synopsis part Description The PART command displays all disk partitions for the installed hard disk CD ROM drive and the floppy drive if found Alias None Wildcards None 5 32 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands PAUSE Synopsis pause Description The PAUSE command halts execution while FDOS waits for keyboard input Pressing ESC at the pause aborts the command sequence This command is intended primarily for batch command files when processing must stop while the user reads a message which has been issued and then choose whether to abort by pressing ESC or whether to continue by pressing any other key Alias None Options None Example To pause until a key is pressed pause Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 33 FDOS Utility READB Synopsis Description Options Examples readb Address option Alias rb READB reads the byte found at Address and displays its hexadecimal value on the screen If Ln is specified then n consecutive bytes are read starting at Address If Ln is not specified then by default READB reads one byte Bytes
36. d Managing Boot Selections Improper use of these system administrator functions can render the system unusable Warning The following sections describe how to manage boot selection using Motorola Firmware The functionality required to manage Windows NT boot selections is grouped under the Manage NT Startup menu option The functionality required to manage PR P OS boot selections is grouped under the PR P OS Boot Setup menu option 4 8 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup Select a system partition Select location of OS partition Ide Hard Disk Tde Hard Disk Scsi CD ROM Scsi CD ROM ATAPI CD ROM ATAPI CD ROM Scsi Hard Disk 0 Partition 1 Scsi Hard Disk 0 Partition 1 C E Is OS partition same as the OS loaadi Enter the osloader directory and nari os winnt 351 osloader exe Enter the operating system root dird osjwinnt35 Enter a name for this boot select iorffindows NT Initialize the debugger at boot timdllll Windows NT Boot Selections The Windows NT boot selection is set by Windows NT during the installation process Each installation of Windows NT requires its own boot selection Under normal circumstances you should not need to modify the boot selection except in cases in which the system configuration has been changed for example a When the SCSI ID of the current Windows NT installation has been changed a In cases of NVRAM failure and loss of information To add
37. debugger at boot time Note For user level systems system administrators typically should not initialize the Windows NT internal debugger at boot time The internal debugger should only be used for troubleshooting system problems and should only be used by system administrators or other qualified personnel Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 11 System Setup 7 Click OK when you are finished Deleting a Boot Selection To delete a Windows NT boot selection 1 From the Manage NT Startup menu select Delete a Boot Selection Set Autoboot Add a boot selection Time and Date De a boot select Poni wi s NT Run Program Manage passwords Edit a boot selectio Express setup Configure desktop Test boot selections Hard disk setup Setup Screen Saver Run Fdos Press H for help or M for menu Motorola Firmware presents a list of existing boot selections 2 Click on the boot selection to be deleted A dialog box pops up asking you to confirm your choice To delete the boot selection click OK Otherwise click Cancel 4 12 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup Editing a Boot Selection To edit a Windows NT boot selection 1 From the Manage NT Startup menu select Edit a Boot Selection Define env varia AA Add a boot selection Set Autoboot Time and Date Run Program Express setup Hard disk setup Run Fdos PR P OS boot setup Manage passwords Configure desktop Setup Screen Saver
38. e subtree starting at C IMAGES to the current working directory on drive D and suppress listing the entries copied D IMAGES does not exist copydir s n c images d images To copy the entire contents of the floppy in drive A into the current working directory copydir s a 5 16 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands DATE Synopsis date Description DATE displays the current date and time stored in the CMOS real time clock Alias time Options None Example To output the current system date and time date Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 17 FDOS Utility DIR Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards Options Examples dir options vol path filename The DIR command lists the contents of directories By default file sizes are included but this may be suppressed by using the Z option recommended on floppy drive listings If no directory is specified then the current working directory is listed If filename is specified then only matching entries are listed All listings include the file attributes see ATTRIB on page 5 6 for an explanation of file attributes DIR pauses when the screen is full of data and waits for a keystroke before continuing ls and in the base filename filename Z Suppresses output of file sizes in the listing makes some listings go faster S Lists contents of specified directory and all subdirectories 1 To list the current working
39. ed in the system ROM but provided on a diskette instead If the FDOS utility is provided on a diskette refer to Running Programs on page 4 25 The following discussion assumes that the FDOS utility is embedded in the system ROM FDOS returns a command not found error when a drive letter is included in the path to a batch file For example a command date cmd Copy batch files to the local disk before executing them To run Motorola Firmware s FDOS utility 1 Select Run FDOS from the Setup menu Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 33 System Setup The FDOS utility executes and presents a standard command prompt within the ARC window The Motorola Firmware window is automatically minimized while FDOS is running FDOS determines the type and number of configured storage devices and assigns drive letters to each device or partition as shown below Drive A B floppy disk drives Drive C hard disk partitions CD ROM drive Refer to FDOS Utility on page 5 1 or enter help or at the FDOS prompt to see a list of all available commands To exit FDOS type exit at the FDOS prompt and press ENTER 4 34 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Running the FDOS Utility Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 35 FDOS Utility FDOS Description The Motorola Firmware FDOS utility is a Windows NT Portable Boot Loader program that allows you to issue selected commands before booting an operating system FDOS is
40. efault Environment Note The Reset Environment Variables menu option clears all current environment variables not just the variables that you redefine To reset environment variables to their default values 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Define env Variables then Reset Environment Variables 2 Motorola Firmware prompts you for information to initialize the default search path used for loading and executing firmware utility programs The following dialog box is displayed Use the mouse or the arrow keys to select a device from the list presented Select media for default search path Hard Disk Floppy Disk Ide Hard Disk scsi CD ROM SCSI ID al g Partition must be FAT Select categories to be saved Windows NT Boot Options System Variables Platform Options Depending on the device selected you will be prompted for one of the following sets of information 4 4 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup SCSI Hard Disk SCSI ID Partition must be FAT Floppy Disk Drive 0 1 IDE Hard Disk Drive pri 0 1 sec 2 3 Partition must be FAT SCSI CD ROM SCSI D ATAPI CD ROM Drive pri 0 1 sec 2 3 3 Enter the correct information for the device selected 4 Motorola Firmware gives you the option of saving sets of environment variables To save a set of environment variables click on its name in the category list box A check mark appears next
41. en file attribute on all files ending with d11 in the d os winnt 351 directory attrib h d os winnt351 dll 4 To list the names and attributes of all files in the current directory attrib 5 To list all files ending in sys and their attributes in the subtree beginning with the current directory attrib s sys 6 To find all occurrences of the specified file and list with attributes in the subtree beginning with c winnt351 attrib s c winnt 351 readme txt Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 7 FDOS Utility BATCH Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards batch vol path filename cmd option BATCH executes batch command files which have a bat or cmd extension If no extension is specified in filename BATCH appends bat to the filename and searches for it BATCH command files consist of command line commands and associated arguments Anything that can be typed at the command line can be in a batch command file Echo may be turned off while executing batch command files see ECHO on page 5 20 and comment lines are provided by typing rem at the start of the line see REM on page 5 38 Batch command files may be nested If a wildcard is used to specify the batch command file only the first occurrence matching the wildcard will be executed Wildcards in logfile are an error A batch file can also be executed by entering its name on the command line without the BATCH command call sh a
42. et up the environment for each operating system The functionality for setting up the environment is grouped under the Environment Setup menu shown below setup Define env variabifs Set Autoboot Manage NT startup Time and Date PR P OS boot setup Run Program Manage passwords Express setup Configure desktop Hard disk setup Setup Screen Saver Run Fdos Press CHO fot help or Mi foge menu The following sections describe how to 4 Set and change environment variables a Manage Windows NT startup and boot selections 4 2 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup a Manage boot selections for PR P compliant operating systems a Manage password protection a Configure the desktop a Set up the screen saver Environment Variables The following sections describe how to use Motorola Firmware to reset environment variables to their default values edit existing environment variables and create new ones The functionality required for these actions is grouped under the Define env Variables menu option shown below Password Help vironment setupP Define env t environment variabli Set Autoboot Manage NT startup Edit environment variable Time and Date REAP OSs boorssetup Run Program Manage passwords Express setup Configure desktop Hard disk setup Setup Screen Saver Run Fdos Press 0H for help or M for menuk Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 3 System Setup Resetting the D
43. etup Environment Setup4 2 Environment Variables4 3 Resetting the Default Environment4 4 Editing and Creating Environment Variables4 5 International Keyboard Selection4 7 Display Environment Descriptions4 8 Managing Boot Selections4 8 Windows NT Boot Selections4 9 Adding a Boot Selection4 9 Deleting a Boot Selection4 12 Editing a Boot Selection4 13 Testing Boot Selections4 14 PR P Operating System OS Boot Selections4 16 Managing Boot and System Passwords4 17 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC v Enabling Disabling Boot and System Passwords ccscsssseseseeees 4 18 Setting Boot and System Passwords ccccceeseseescccesesesesteneesesneneenees 4 19 Configuring the Desktop sissies ctsasessitissies vies as 4 19 Setting Up the Screen Saver siscsissssscstesssscivsssitastesensssiasovenssveststersevestansieceestsiats 4 21 Enabling Disabling Autob00t ccccccsssssesesesenssesesesesesesesesesesssesesesesssesesesees 4 22 Setting the System Time and Date cccccccccesssesesesestetescecesesescsteneneseseeneneeseeeenes 4 24 Reming PrOSTAMS sss Sici en A aves seta E EEE E EEE EEEa 4 25 IEA Are aTe aE E EEE AE E E E E E E N EN 4 25 Express Setup par enneren a e ere aT EAEE isd Sard EEE AEE E EAE rE EEEE 4 27 Configuring Hard Disk Partitions sse sssssssssesessissesssstessissesnetesensnestentessesneseenne 4 27 PowerPC Partition Supports seise a aa aia a aea ainn 4 28 Creating PowerPC Boot PartitionS sessssssse
44. extended names If you enter the file with a type such as exe or img and the file doesn t exist the message Name too longis returned rather than File not Found To run a program 1 From the Setup menu select Run Program Password Help Environment setupP Set Autoboot Hard disk setup Run Fdos Press H for help or M for menu Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 25 System Setup Motorola Firmware displays the following dialog box Rune Be gisam Program to run 2 Enter the name of the program you wish to run Motorola Firmware requires a full path in order to run a program You can enter this path in one of three ways depending on the value of the FWSEARCHPATH and A environment variables a FDOS EXE Motorola Firmware appends the filename FDOS EXE to the FWSEARCHPATH environment variable to obtain the full pathname If the file FDOS is not found EXE is appended to the filename and Motorola Firmware attempts to execute this file a A FDOS EXE Motorola Firmware appends the filename FDOS EXE to the A environment variable to obtain the full pathname a multi 1 disk0fdiskQ FDOS EXE This is the full pathname to the file FDOS EXE located on a floppy drive This example is identical to ASFFDOS EXE if the a environment variable is set to multi 1 diskQfdisk 3 Click OK when you are finished 4 26 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Express Setup Express Setup The Express
45. fied files to the current working directory preserving the file names COPY always preserves file attributes see ATTRIB on page 5 6 If a destination file is specified then COPY copies the source file to the destination under the specified destination filename FDOS returns an error if you attempt to copy a file to itself Overwriting of existing files may be suppressed with the X option switch The N option switch suppresses listing items as they are being copied Alias cp Wildcards and in the base filename filename Options N Do not list copied items X Do not overwrite existing files destination A vol path filename specifying where the copy is to be placed Examples 1 To copy A README TXT to the current working directory on drive C copy a readme txt c Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 13 FDOS Utility 2 To copy all files in the C OS WINNT351 directory to the D BACKUP directory copy c os winnt351 d backup 3 To copy the file C USERS DEFAULT AUTOEXEC CMD to drive A and rename it AUTOEXEC BAK in the process copy c users default autoexec cmd a autoexec bak 5 14 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands COPYDIR Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards Options copydir options vol path source destination The COPYDIR command copies the directory contents from source to destination If destination is not specified then the current working directory is as
46. h no operands HELP displays a list of all FDOS internal commands Entering HELP with a valid FDOS internal command name as an operand displays help for that command Alias Options command The name of an FDOS internal command Examples 1 To list all FDOS internal commands help 2 To display help for the command COPYDIR help copydir 3 To display help for the HELP command help help 5 26 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands MEMORY Synopsis memory Description KEY prints out a formatted list of the function key bindings It also includes the bindings for special keys such as the arrow keys Alias None Options None Description MEMORY displays the current firmware physical memory map Example To display the current firmware memory map memory Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 27 FDOS Utility MKDIR Synopsis mkdir vol path directory Description MKDIR creates the specified directory If no path is specified the new directory is created in the current working directory If a path is specified the new directory is created there Only one directory level is created If path is specified and it does not exist FDOS issues an error message and aborts the command Alias md Wildcards None Options None Examples 1 To create the directory TEMP in the current working directory mkdir temp 2 To create the directory TEMP on drive D mkdir d temp 5 28 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS
47. half word FF00 to virtual memory location 8000ADD2 wh 8000add2 ff00 2 To write three half words AAFF BB00 DD11 starting at virtual memory location 80008084 wh 80008084 aaff bb00 dd11 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 49 FDOS Utility WRITEW Synopsis Description Alias Options Examples writew Address data data WRITEW writes one or more words to the specified virtual memory location Address At least one word of data must be specified and more may be optionally listed on the command line separated by a space Data values are assumed to be in hexadecimal form If a Data value is specified which is larger than a word an error message is issued and the write is aborted Address is assumed to be a virtual mapped hexadecimal address If Address is not aligned on a word boundary then an error message is issued and the write is aborted Specifying a nonmapped address is an error and causes an exception to occur Remember that this is a Little Endian environment data A list of consecutive words to be written 1 To write the word FFOOFFOO to virtual memory location 8000ADD4 ww 8000add4 ff00ff00 2 To write two words AAFF0000 OOOOFFFF starting at virtual memory location 80008080 ww 80008080 aaff0000 0000ffff Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Utility 5 51 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Evaluating and Installing Motorola Firmware Use the following instructions to evaluate and in
48. ility see FDOS Utility 3 At the FDOS prompt type flash vol path upgrade img vol path archive img and press ENTER where upgrade is the prefix of the firmware image file and archive is the prefix of the firmware archive file For more information on the FLASH command see FLASH on page 5 24 Motorola Firmware archives the firmware currently installed in system ROM and then reprograms the system ROM with the firmware upgrade Do not power off the machine during this stage If power is interrupted the firmware will be corrupted Warning and the system unusable After programming completes successfully the next time you apply power to the system it executes the new firmware 6 2 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Firmware Recovery Firmware Recovery To reinstall an archived version of firmware 1 From the Motorola Firmware Main Menu Select System Setup and press ENTER Select Run FDOS and press ENTER For more information on the FDOS utility see FDOS Utility 2 After FDOS loads at the FDOS prompt type flash R vol path archive img and press ENTER where archive is the prefix of the archived firmware image file For more information on the FLASH command see FLASH on page 5 24 Motorola Firmware restores the archived firmware to the system ROM Do not power off the machine during this stage If power is interrupted the firmware will be corrupted Warning and the system unusable After progr
49. indow Close o e level Select menu item 2 Use the arrow keys to scroll through the help menu 3 Click OK when you are finished 3 4 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Variable Defaults Environment Variable Defaults The Display Environment Defaults dialog box provides a brief description of each environment variable and indicates how it is treated when it is reset To access the Display Environment Defaults dialog box 1 From the Help menu in the Motorola Firmware window select Display Environment Defaults Motorola Firmware brings up the following dialog box Password l Reset environment variabl Manage NT startupP Edit environment variable PR P OS boot setup J Manage passwords Configure desktop Set Autoboot Time and Date Run Program Express setup Hard disk Setup Run Fdos Press H for help or M for menu 2 Use the arrow keys or mouse to select an environment variable category from the categories list box 3 Use the arrow keys or mouse to select an environment variable 4 Click OK when you are finished Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 3 5 Using Motorola Firmware The Reset Action field of the dialog box indicates how the selected environment variable is treated when it is reset to its default value Possible values for this field are Normal If the environment variable exists reset it to its default value If it does not exist d
50. ines aiaa spate aeee e eanan n eE SE is 5 43 SYSTEM PREA E AEEA AO E SEAE OE ATE 5 44 TREE Aarie sesso CEE E EA T TE EEEE EEES 5 45 PYPE e EEEE Ne a OEE E i E EEN 5 46 VERSION aiseee rane aE near eaae ee edea i o arae oea a aaae aee 5 47 WRITE B oe irrar erea aeae Eere EE aeo as a e aeaee e erei 5 48 WRITEET oo aa aE E EE EE EA E L E E EE 5 49 WRTEFEW eoet se AEn EE E AE NO E E E A a N 5 50 CHAPTER 6 Evaluating and Installing Motorola Firmware Evaluating Motorola Firmware Upgrades ccccceeesseeesssessesesssesseeseseseeeeees 6 1 Installing Motorola Firmware Upgrades cccccccssssesesssteeseeceseseseeceneesesesnenenenees 6 2 Firmware Recoveryo manion tropaea a a i ae pieeo raserna ia lar eane aeS 6 3 APPENDIX A Video Card Compatibility Chart Motorola Firmware for PowerPC vii FIGURES Figure 2 1 User Interface Hierarchy ccccccscsssseseseseesssesesescsesssesesesesesesesesesens 2 1 TABLES Table 2 1 Command Line Keystroke ccc cece cc ceesee cece ceeeeenececesesensneseeenenes 2 2 Tabl 5 1 FISOS Commands areis eena esn a o Poca ek ls ee 5 4 Table A 1 Motorola Firmware 3 05 Video Test Compatibility Matrix viii Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Introduction to Motorola PowerPC Firmware Overview Firmware as the term suggests has attributes of both hardware and software As a hardware component firmware is the part installed in each hardware platform that identifies and checks system board
51. irmware initialization 3 1 H Help 3 4 initialize debugger 4 11 Boot 3 2 Configure desktop 4 19 Define Environment Variables 4 3 4 4 4 6 4 7 4 8 Environment Setup 4 2 to 4 19 Express Setup 4 27 Hard Disk Setup 4 27 to 4 32 Help 3 4 Manage Passwords 4 17 Manage PR P OS Boot Selection 4 8 4 16 Manage Windows NT Startup 4 8 to 4 16 Run FDOS 4 33 Run Program 4 25 Set Autoboot 4 22 Set Time and Date 4 24 Setup Screen Saver 4 21 System Setup 4 1 mouse operation 2 3 O osloader exe 4 11 P partitions FAT partition 4 30 creating 4 30 deleting 4 31 size 4 31 hard disk partitions 4 27 PR P boot partition creating 4 29 deleting 4 30 size 4 29 updating 4 29 system partition defined 4 31 designating 4 32 passwords boot password 3 2 4 17 4 18 4 19 enabling and disabling 4 18 K protection 3 2 4 17 system password 4 2 4 17 4 18 4 19 keyboard shortcuts 3 4 Power On Self Test POST 3 1 M PowerPC Reference Platform PR P specifi menu navigation 2 1 to 2 3 cation 1 1 menus IN 2 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC R recover firmware image 6 3 restoring archived firmware 6 3 running programs 4 25 S screen saver 4 21 supported operating systems 1 2 supported standards PowerPC Reference Platform PR P 1 1 Windows NT Portable Boot Loader spec ification 1 1 system partition 4 31 T testing boot selections 4 14 time and date 4 24 timing values for EDO memory 3 6 U upgrades evaluating 6 1 inst
52. meric characters amp G 7 th L 7 and space Characters entered for the password are displayed on screen as a string of asterisks for example 3 2 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Booting an Operating System From the Motorola Firmware menu you can set or change a boot password as follows 1 Select Password from the menu bar in the Motorola Firmware window The following dialog box is displayed Boot Password Enter New Boot a Verify New Boot Password 2 In the Boot Password dialog box enter and confirm the new boot password 3 Click OK when you are finished or Cancel to dismiss the dialog box without changing the boot password Note The boot password must be enabled by the system administrator as described in Managing Boot and System Passwords on page 4 17 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 3 3 Using Motorola Firmware Getting Help The Help menu allows you to access information about keyboard shortcuts and environment variable default values Keyboard Shortcuts A list of keyboard shortcuts is provided in the Motorola Firmware Help dialog box To access the Help dialog box 1 From the Help menu in the Motorola Firmware window select Keyboard Motorola Firmware brings up the following dialog box Use the cursor keys to view help press OK to exit Key Assignments ALT ESC M Menubar ALT TAB Next window Open the control menu Clear w
53. n 8000ADD0 th 8000add0 2 To read the 15 half words starting at memory location 80008080 th 80008080 L15 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 35 FDOS Utility READW Synopsis Description Alias Options Examples readw Address option READW reads the word found at Address and displays its hexadecimal value on the screen If Ln is specified then n consecutive words are read starting at Address If Ln is not specified then by default READW reads one word Words are printed to the screen four per line preceded by the starting address for that line These are in Little Endian format Address is assumed to be a virtual hexadecimal address Entering a nonmapped address causes an exception to occur READW issues an error message and abort if Address is not word aligned rw Ln Length option the integer n following indicates how many consecutive words to read 1 To read the word found at memory location 8000ADD0 rw 8000add0 2 To read the 15 words starting at memory location 80008080 rw 80008080 L15 5 36 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands REGEDIT Synopsis A Warning Description Alias Options regedit options This command should only be used by developers who know that their system has a Board Information Block If it does not this command could overwrite a section of NVRAM and render the system unusable REGEDIT displays the contents of the PowerPC processor
54. n saver 4 21 countdown value 4 23 customize screen saver patterns 4 21 D DEBUG window 3 1 deleting boot selections 4 12 desktop configuration 4 19 disable enable autoboot 4 22 E editing boot selections 4 13 EDODRAM 3 6 EIDE CD ROM device 4 27 enabling boot password 3 3 environment setup 4 2 environment variables A 4 26 creating 4 6 deleting 4 7 display 4 8 editing 4 5 4 6 EDO memory 3 6 FWSEARCHPATH 4 10 4 26 LOADIDENTIFIER 4 14 OSLOADER 4 14 OSLOADFILENAME 4 14 OSLOADOPTIONS 4 14 OSLOADPARTITION 4 14 resetting 4 4 saving sets of 4 5 SYSTEMPARTITION 4 10 4 14 4 31 viewing defaults 3 5 express setup 4 27 F FDOS command aliases 5 2 command history buffers 5 2 command options 5 2 command prompt 5 1 commands ATTRIB 5 6 to 5 7 BATCH 5 8 to 5 9 CHDIR 5 10 CLS 5 11 CNFG 5 12 COPY 5 13 to 5 14 COPYDIR 5 15 to 5 16 DATE 5 17 DIR 5 18 to 5 19 ECHO 5 20 to 5 21 Motorola Firmware for PowerPCIN 1 lt moz Index commands continued ERASE 5 22 EXIT 5 23 FLASH 5 24 to 5 25 HELP 5 26 MEMORY 5 27 MKDIR 5 28 MOUNT 5 29 MOVE 5 30 to 5 31 PART 5 32 PAUSE 5 33 READB 5 34 READH 5 35 READW 5 36 REGEDIT 5 37 REM 5 38 RESTART 5 39 RMDIR 5 40 SET 5 41 SUBST 5 43 SYSTEM 5 44 TREE 5 45 TYPE 5 46 VERSION 5 47 WRITEB 5 48 WRITEH 5 49 WRITEW 5 50 executing FDOS from user interface 4 33 memory mode 5 1 online help 5 3 output redirection 5 3 wildcards in filenames 5 2 file extensions 4 25 f
55. nd in the base filename filename 5 8 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands Options gt logfile Redirect screen output to the specified logfile filename If the file exists open it in overwrite mode and begin writing from the start of the file If the file does not exist then create it gt gt logfile Redirect screen output to the specified logfile filename If the file exists append output to the current contents If the file does not exist then create it Examples 1 To execute the batch command file DOLOG BAT batch dolog 2 To execute the batch command file A RUNME CMD batch a runme cmd 3 To execute the batch command file C DOLOG BAT and redirect screen output to the logfile c DOLOG LOG batch c dolog gt c dolog log 4 To execute the batch command file A RUNME CMD and append output to the logfile c LOG RUNME LOG batch a runme cmd gt gt c log runme log Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 9 FDOS Utility CHDIR Synopsis chdir vol path Description The CHDIR command changes and displays the current working directory CHDIR moves the current working directory to the one specified by vol path If CHDIR is entered with no arguments then FDOS returns a list of all current working directories sorted by volume Alias cd Wildcards None Options None Examples 1 To make C WINNT SYSTEM32 the current working directory cd c winnt system32 2 To list all cu
56. o not create it Default If the environment variable exists reset it to its default value If it does not exist create it and set it to its default value Some combinations of environment variables may prevent the system from booting If there is a fatal error during system boot the firmware tries to recover by resetting some environment variables to their default values The Last Boot Fail Action field of the dialog box indicates how the selected environment variable is treated following a boot failure Possible values for this field are None Do not change the environment variable Default Value Reset the environment variable to its default value Delete If the environment variable exists delete it The reset action and last boot fail action are both stored ROM They cannot be changed through the firmware EDO Memory Configuration For the Pro2000 200 and Pro3000 200 systems supporting EDO Motorola Firmware must be configured to use the timing values for EDO memory The default state of the EDODRAM environment variable is set to true To verify or set the EDODRAM environment variable 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Define env Variables then select Edit Environment Variables Motorola Firmware displays a dialog box 2 Click on the Add button 3 6 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC EDO Memory Configuration 3 Use the TAB key or mouse to select the name field type in EDODRAM 4 Use the TAB key o
57. on Windows Windows NT and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation The software and documentation are copyrighted materials Making unauthorized copies is prohibited by law No part of the software or documentation may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Motorola Inc DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY Unless otherwise provided by written agreement with Motorola Inc the software and the documentation are provided on an as is basis and without warranty This disclaimer of warranty is in lieu of all warranties whether express implied or statutory including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Copyright Motorola Inc All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America November 1996 Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Motorola PowerPC Firmware Overview1 1 Supported Standards1 1 Motorola Firmware Features1 2 Supported Operating Systems1 3 Supported Computer Systems1 3 Supported Peripherals1 4 Conventions1 4 CHAPTER2 User Interface Diagram and Key Usage Definitions Mouse Operation2 3 CHAPTER3 Using Motorola Firmware Booting an Operating System3 2 Managing Boot Passwords3 2 Getting Help3 4 Keyboard Shortcuts3 4 Environment Variable Defaults3 5 EDO Memory Configuration3 6 CHAPTER4 System S
58. one Options None Example To quit FDOS exit Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 23 FDOS Utility FLASH Synopsis Description Alias Wildcards Options Examples flash source archive flash A archive flash R source FLASH saves archives the image currently in ROM into the specified archive file reprograms the flash ROM with the specified source image file or both If the source image is larger than the size of the ROM FLASH issues a warning pauses and asks if you really want to continue In this case continuing is not recommended as the ROM and therefore the system will most likely be in an unusable state FLASH also warns if archive already exists and will be overwritten None None A Archive only save ROM image to file R Flash only reprogram ROM with specified image source Source image filename archive Archive filename 1 To save the contents of flash ROM into the file ROMFILE IMG flash a romfile img 5 24 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands 2 To reprogram flash ROM with the source image A NEWROM IMG flash r a newrom img 3 To save the current flash ROM image and reprogram with the new image A NEWROM IMG flash a newrom img a archive img Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 25 FDOS Utility HELP Synopsis help command Description The HELP command lists all commands and redirection symbols and displays command help Entered wit
59. ormation that is needed to completely specify the partition 4 To choose an OS partition other than the system partition find the prompt which reads Is OS partition same as OS loader Deselect the corresponding button the check mark disappears 4 10 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup Motorola Firmware prompts for the path and name of the Windows NT OS loader Enter the osloader directory and name os winnt 351 osloader exe 5 Keep the default pathname or enter a different pathname for the Windows NT Boot Loader Motorola Firmware prompts for the OS root directory Enter the operating system root directory winnt351 If you installed Windows NT using default settings keep the default value winnt351 Otherwise enter the base directory for Windows NT Motorola Firmware prompts you to name the OS boot selection Enter a name for this boot selection WINDOWS NT The firmware uses the pathname to boot the operating system not the name of the boot selection so you may name the boot selection to describe the specific installation If you have installed multiple versions of Windows NT you may choose to customize the boot selection names Motorola Firmware asks if it should initialize the Windows NT internal debugger whenever it boots the operating system Do you want to initialize the debugger at boot time 6 Select the corresponding button a check mark appears to initialize the
60. play the entire directory structure on drive C tree c 2 To display the subdirectory structure and all files beginning with the current working directory tree f Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 45 FDOS Utility TYPE Synopsis type vol path filename Description The TYPE command prints the contents of text files to the console If filename contains a wildcard then all matching files are printed to the screen in the order in which they are found in the directory TYPE pauses when the screen is full of data and waits for a keystroke before continuing Alias cat more Wildcards and in the base filename filename Options None Examples 1 To print the contents of the text file A README TXT to the screen type a readme txt 2 To print out the contents of all text files witha txt extension in the current working directory type txt 5 46 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands VERSION Synopsis version Description The VERSION command displays the FDOS version number Alias ver Options None Example To display the FDOS version number version Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 47 FDOS Utility WRITEB Synopsis writeb Address databyte databyte Description WRITEB writes one or more bytes to the specified virtual memory location Address At least one dat abyte is required and more may be optionally listed on the command line separated by a space Databyte v
61. r displays the volume table If entered with no operands SUBST lists the assigned entries in the volume table It is an error if DRIVE2 is specified without a path a is a sufficient path declaration Only virtual volumes can be deleted with the D option It is an error to attempt to assign a volume that is already assigned None None drivel virtual drive to assign drive2 path physical drive path to assign to the virtual drive D remove a virtual drive 1 To assign virtual volume M to C TEMP subst m c temp 2 To delete the virtual volume M subst d m 3 To list all assigned entries in the volume table subst Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 43 FDOS Utility SYSTEM Synopsis system Description The SYSTEM command displays the vendor and product ID strings Alias sys Options None 5 44 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands TREE Synopsis tree option vol path Description The TREE command displays a directory tree structure and optionally lists the files contained in it It is a pseudo graphical directory listing showing the parent and child relationships TREE pauses when the screen is full of data and waits for a keystroke before continuing If no PATH is specified then TREE displays the structure of the subtree beginning with the current working directory Alias None Wildcards None Options F display the names of the files in each directory Examples 1 To dis
62. r mouse to select the value field set the value to Y true or N false 5 Click on the Save button 6 Click on the Exit button 7 Reset the system to use the new value If nonEDO memory is added refer to the System Installation Guide Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 3 7 Using Motorola Firmware 3 8 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC System Setup Motorola Firmware allows you to perform a variety of administrative tasks before booting an operating system System Setup functionality should be reserved for use only by system administrators or similarly qualified personnel A Warning Improper use of these system administrator functions can render the system unusable These system administrator functions are grouped under the Setup menu Set Autoboot Time and Date Run Program Express set p Hard disk setup R n Fdos Press H for help or M for menu Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 1 ut DROSERA System Setup When you select Setup Motorola Firmware prompts you for a System Password if one has been set for the system If no System Password has been set you may set one using the Manage Passwords function under the Environment Setup submenu For details see Managing Boot and System Passwords on page 4 17 Environment Setup If you have not already installed an operating system on your computer or if you wish to install another operating system you can use Motorola Firmware to properly s
63. r sets file and directory attributes The attributes are as noted above under Options A group of files may be operated upon by including an appropriate wildcard in filename If no operands are specified then by default ATTRIB operates upon all files in the current working directory If no attribute options are specified then by default ATTRIB lists all files with their attributes found which match vol path filename These default actions of ATTRIB may be used to search an entire subtree for occurrences of a specific file or files ATTRIB pauses listing when the screen is full of data and wait for a keystroke before continuing None and in the base filename filename 5 6 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands Options S Process all subtrees found under path If no path is specified begin processing in the current working directory on vol If no vol is specified begin processing in the current working directory on the current volume R R Set clear the read only attribute A A Set clear the archive attribute S S Set clear the system file attribute H H Set clear the hidden file attribute Examples 1 To remove the read only attribute from all files in the current dir attrib r 2 To remove the read only and system file attributes from all files in the c winnt351 directory attrib r s c winnt351 Note that the options must be separated by a space 3 To set the hidd
64. ronment Setup menu select Manage PR P OS Boot Selection If Motorola Firmware finds a PR P compliant operating system it identifies the operating system by its address and displays the following dialog box Found PR P OS at multi 0 scsi 0 disk 0 rdisk 0 partition J Enter Name for off 2 Type the name of the boot selection for example AIX and click OK If no PR P compliant operating system can be located Motorola Firmware takes no action 4 16 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Environment Setup Managing Boot and System Passwords Motorola Firmware provides password protection to secure your system against unauthorized access and tampering Two levels of password protection allow you customize security a Boot Password protection prevents unauthorized access to your system by requiring a password to boot an operating system The Boot Password must be enabled by the system administrator The password is set by the user or system administrator For information on setting a boot password see Managing Boot Passwords on page 3 2 a System Password protection prevents unauthorized access to your system configuration through the firmware The system password is set by the system administrator Passwords are limited to eight characters Valid characters include all alpha numeric characters amp G 1 7 y 1 7 and space Characters entered for the password are displayed on screen
65. rrent working directories by volume cd 5 10 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands CLS Synopsis cls Description CLS clears the current display and positions the command prompt in the top left corner of the screen Alias clear Options None Example To clear the screen cls Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 11 FDOS Utility CNFG Synopsis Description A cnfg options CNFG displays the contents of the NVRAM Board Information Block and allows it to be edited With the I option CNFG resets each field of the Board Information Block to its default value The M option allows you to view each field of the Board Information Block individually and change it if necessary As each field is presented press ENTER to keep the current value or type in a new value at the prompt Press ESC at any time to exit This command should only be used by developers who know that their system has a Board Information Block If Warning it does not this command could overwrite a section of NVRAM and render the system unusable Alias none Options I Initialize the Board Information Block R Display the Board Information Block default M Modify the Board Information Block 5 12 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC FDOS Commands COPY Synopsis copy vol path filename destination Description COPY copies files or groups of files to the specified location If no destination is specified then COPY copies the speci
66. s and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of existing partitions 3 Select the partition that will be a system partition and press ENTER Motorola Firmware sets the SYSTEMPARTITION environment variable to the selected partition If a system partition has already been designated and no boot selections exist Motorola Firmware issues the following prompt A system partition has already been defined overwrit y n 4 Type y to make the selected partition the system partition or type n to abort the operation and press ENTER If boot selections exist Motorola Firmware issues the following prompt Boot selections exist use the Manage Windows NT Startup menu to change the system partition Press any key to continue The Manage Windows NT Startup menu must be used to modify the value or values of the system partition variable Show Partitions To display all available partitions including their size device tree element and type PowerPC Boot Partition FAT NTFS and CDFS 1 From the Hard Disk Setup select Show Partitions Motorola Firmware presents a list of partitions 2 Click OK when you are finished 4 32 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Running the FDOS Utility Running the FDOS Utility Password Help Environment setup Set Autoboot Time and Date Run Program Express setup Hard disk setup Press H for help or M for menu Notes The FDOS utility may not be includ
67. splays the same dialog box shown in Editing Environment Variables on page 4 6 3 Use the arrow keys to select an environment variable from the list 4 Click Delete 5 Click OK when you are finished International Keyboard Selection Motorola Firmware provides support for the United States Kanji and some European style keyboards To modify the international keyboard 1 From the Setup menu select Environment Setup then Define env Variables 2 Choose Select keyboard language Motorola Firmware displays a list of available languages 3 Use the arrow key or mouse to select the desired language Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 7 System Setup 4 Click on OK 5 You are then prompted to reset the system so the new variable takes effect Click on Yes The system automatically resets and that country s keyboard is immediately activated It remains as the set variable whenever the system is powered up Display Environment Descriptions To view an environment variable description 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Define env Variables then Display Environment Description Motorola Firmware displays a list of the following categories Windows NT Boot Options System Variables and Platform Options 2 Use the arrow key or mouse to select the appropriate category The lower window displays a list of the environment variables and descriptions for that selection 3 Click OK when you are finishe
68. ssestsstsserreestsstsseeseeseesesseese 4 29 Updating PowerPC Boot Partitions c cccccccecceeeeseeteteeseeeeteseseeeens 4 29 Deleting PowerPC Boot Partitions ccccccccssseseseesssssesesesessesesesens 4 30 File Allocation Table FAT Partition Support cece eeseesesetenseeenees 4 30 Creating FAT Pat HtOnS shein aiaeeiiee eaii eenia ees aeaa aiak e is 4 30 Deleting PAT Partitions ieren a a a e tei 4 31 Designating System PartitionsS ssssessesessesssssrsesestesesteserttertererterinteseneeseseene 4 31 SHOW RartitonS menre e r anda A e e a Mts te ES A asses 4 32 Running the FDOS Utility s sessseesssssesssssessestsssissessetessnsnestentessnsnenteneesnisneseenteseenn 4 33 CHAPTER5 FDOS Utility FDOS Deseriptonis scsarssiettietec aise aril Hae mS len bree aAA A ae AE EAEE ia 5 1 Command Promptersii narei em eer aer a re N e iaaii 5 1 Command Editing and Command History Buffers cccscseseeeeeseteeees 5 2 Command Aliases es A aes ses dicedec osc AEO EE ie Diss atte es ities 5 2 Wi CAS ssi sic ae ch ntsc abe nre E E e E E TA vad div saee Setosgab ied eeaates 5 2 Command OPiS sirhana ass se Eea idee E E E S E 5 2 Filenames and Pathnames ccccccccccsscssscessecescecsscecsscesecesaeceseecsseeeseeeseesseeeaeens 5 3 Output Reditecti ori iid E ETE K EE EE 5 3 Virtual VOMIIMNES aves ssescatvoseccedevaseialsa clss caovovusoncasetaiceoSeeas a er a N E aen 5 3 Helprimieirmen teea ae e E seals BU e e e ae ai
69. stall upgrades on systems running previous versions of Motorola Firmware The instructions in Evaluating Motorola Firmware Upgrades allows you to run Motorola Firmware without overwriting the firmware currently installed on your system Follow the instructions in a Installing Motorola Firmware Upgrades on page 6 2 to replace your current firmware a Firmware Recovery on page 6 3 discusses how to reinstall archived versions of Motorola Firmware Evaluating Motorola Firmware Upgrades To run Motorola Firmware without overwriting your system s existing firmware 1 Insert the Motorola Firmware diskette in the floppy disk drive 2 From the Motorola Firmware Main Menu Select System Setup and press ENTER Select Run Program and press ENTER Type vol path upgrade img and press ENTER where upgrade img is the name of the firmware upgrade to be evaluated The system reboots using the new firmware When you have finished evaluating the firmware upgrade power down the system and restart Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 6 1 Evaluating and Installing Motorola Firmware Installing Motorola Firmware Upgrades To replace your system s current firmware with a new version of Motorola Firmware 1 Insert the Motorola Firmware diskette in the floppy disk drive 2 From the Motorola Firmware Main Menu Select System Setup and press ENTER Select Run FDOS and press ENTER For more information on the FDOS ut
70. sumed If destination exists then copydir merges the contents of source into destination overwriting any existing files in destination with files of the same name from source Overwriting of existing files may be suppressed with the X option switch If destination does not exist then it is created and the contents of source are copied to it Only one level of directory is created If the path to the last directory level of a specified destination does not exist itis an error The S option switch copies the entire subtree structure starting at source The N option switch suppresses listing the contents of source as they are being copied It is an error if source and destination resolve to the same directory dircopy cpd None S Copy all subdirectory trees N Do not list copied items X Do not overwrite existing files destination A vol path specifying the target directory Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 15 FDOS Utility Examples To copy the contents of directory A TEST to drive C TEST C TEST does not exist copydir a test c test To copy the contents of directory C USERS DEFAULT to C USERS WILMA and suppress listing the entries copied C USERS WILMA exists copydir n c users default c users wilma To copy the contents of directory C USERS DEFAULT to C USERS WILMA and prevent overwriting any existing files C USERS WILMA exists copydir x c users default c users wilma To copy the entir
71. t the partition to update and press ENTER Motorola Firmware issues the following prompt The selected partition is going to be updated Are you sure y n 4 Type y to update the partition or n to abort the operation and press ENTER Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 29 System Setup Motorola Firmware prompts you for the pathname for the PowerPC firmware image 5 Enter the pathname and press ENTER Deleting PowerPC Boot Partitions To delete an existing PowerPC partition 1 From the Hard Disk Setup menu select Delete Partition and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of devices 2 Select the device on which the partition resides and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of existing partitions 3 Select the partition to be deleted and press ENTER Motorola Firmware issues the following prompt Are you sure y n 4 Type y to delete the partition or n to abort the operation and press ENTER Motorola Firmware then deletes the partition File Allocation Table FAT Partition Support The following sections describe how to create and delete FAT partitions Creating FAT Partitions To create a new hard disk partition 1 From the Hard Disk Setup menu select Create FAT Partition and press ENTER Motorola Firmware presents a list of devices 2 Select the device on which you would like to create the new partition and press ENTER 4 30 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Configuring H
72. to the name of each set which will be saved To determine which variables comprise each set see Environment Variable Defaults on page 3 5 5 Click OK when you are finished Editing and Creating Environment Variables If you wish to edit or add to the system environment variables without completely resetting all variables use the Edit Environment Variables menu option as described in the next two sections The Edit Environment Variables dialog box cannot be used to edit environment variables with values greater than 255 characters in length When several Windows NT boot selections are present on the same machine for example five boot selections the firmware automatically appends information to the OSLOADER environment variable until it exceeds this length If you are working with many Windows NT boot selections use the Edit a Boot Selection dialog box to edit Windows NT boot variables Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 5 System Setup Editing Environment Variables To edit your system environment variables 1 From the Environment Setup menu select Define env Variables then Edit Environment Variables 2 Motorola Firmware displays the following dialog box Edit environment variak Use Arrow keys to select a variable FWSEARCHPATH multi scsi disk 0 rdisk partition 1 A multi 1 disk 0 fdisk 0 LOADIDENTIFIER Windows NT OSLOADOPTIONS nodebug SYSTEMPARTITION multi scsi disk 0 rdisk partition
73. useful for a wide variety of operations like accessing the FAT file system on your hard disk checking system memory usage rebooting the system and flashing or writing new firmware images into the system s ROM The following sections provide a general discussion of basic FDOS input requirements and navigation techniques Command Prompt The FDOS command prompt always displays the current FAT file system working directory and volume whether it is a physical or a virtual volume For a discussion of virtual volumes see Virtual Volumes on page 5 3 Command options must be separated by space If FDOS cannot find a FAT file system that can be opened it operates in memory mode You still have access to all FDOS commands that do not require an open file system In this case the command prompt reads Memory Mode gt Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 5 1 FDOS Utility Command Editing and Command History Buffers The command line editor allows you re execute previous commands without retyping them to edit the current command line or to recall and change previous commands The following keystrokes are available at the command prompt Memory Mode gt Keystroke Description ENTER Use to execute a command from the command prompt F3 Use to recall the last command entered Backspace Use to delete character to the left of cursor Up Arrow Down Arrow Use to cycle through the last 10 commands entered Command
74. utton to enable or disable autoboot Autoboot is enabled when the button is selected a check mark appears in the button Motorola Firmware issues the following prompt Enter Countdown value in seconds 5 3 Use the default value 5 seconds or type in an appropriate countdown value for example 10 Motorola Firmware displays a list of installed operating systems 4 Use the arrow keys to select the operating system you wish to autoboot 5 Click OK when you are finished Motorola Firmware for PowerPC 4 23 System Setup Setting the System Time and Date To set the system time and date 1 From the Setup menu select Set time and date Password Help Environment setup Set Autoboot Time and Date Run Program Express setup Hard disk setup Run Fdos Press H for help or M for menu Motorola Firmware displays the following dialog box Time and Date xj Date e EJ 01 1996 Time hh mm ss E 2 Type the new date and the time in 24 hour format for example 3 15 45 P M would be entered as 15 15 45 3 Click OK when you are finished 4 24 Motorola Firmware for PowerPC Running Programs Running Programs Motorola Firmware allows you to run programs written to the Windows NT Portable Boot Loader Specification File Extensions The firmware functions that run programs automatically append img and exe to files that are not found and retries to use the

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