Protogate Freeway 3112 Hardware Installation Manual - page 20
Chapter 4. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using an Init Diskette
Freeway 3112 Hardware Installation Guide
3. Save the edited
bootparm.txt
file to the boot parameter initialization floppy disk, then remove the floppy disk
from the PC.
4. Insert the initialization disk in the Freeway’s floppy drive. Turn on the power. The Freeway will boot from the
floppy disk, and automatically execute the autoexec.bat commands to copy the
bootparm.txt
file from the
floppy to the "C:" partition of the Freeway’s disk.
After the
bootparm.txt
is copied, remove the initialization disk from the floppy drive and reboot the Freeway.
When the Freeway boots, it will discover
bootparm.txt
in the C: DOS partition and extract the boot parameter
lines from it, then delete it (it is deleted so it doesn’t interfere with later changes to the boot parameters, when the
Freeway is subsequently booted). The Freeway boot process performs rudimentary error checking on some of
the parameters to verify that the values provided are of the correct format for the parameter type, but otherwise
simply writes the parameters into the
NVRAM.txt
file exactly as provided. If an undetected error occurs (for
example, a critical parameter missing or misspelled in the
bootparm.txt
file), the Freeway may fail to boot.
If Freeway attempts to boot for several minutes (as can be detected by its beeping and accessing the hard disk),
assume that there is a problem with the boot parameters or the network connection. Insert the boot parameter
initialization disk in the PC again and review the boot parameters on the disk to be sure they are set correctly for
your Freeway’s configuration. Once set correctly, go back to the beginning of this step
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and try again (insert the
boot parameter initialization disk into the Freeway’s disk drive and reboot it).
5. After the Freeway boots successfully, store the boot initialization diskette. It can be used to re-set exactly the
same boot parameters again, either on the same Freeway or any other Freeway system.
Note: After the initial system boot, you can telnet or rlogin to Freeway from the boot server (or from any
other computer on the network) and use the Freeway Interactive Menu for Freeway operations as described
in the Freeway User’s Guide.
You can use the Freeway Interactive Menu to modify the boot parameters. If, however, Freeway is booted with
the boot parameter initialization disk in the floppy drive, any boot parameters that were modified using the
Freeway menu will be overwritten by the values in the
bootparm.txt
file.
6. Run the loopback test to check the hardware and software installation as described in the Freeway Loopback
Test Procedures.
7. If Freeway will normally boot from the boot server, installation is complete. If Freeway will boot from its local
disk, you must download the files from the boot server onto the local disk. Follow the instructions in the "Build
Hard Disk from Boot Server" section in the Freeway User’s Guide.
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