This file contains information on how to update firmware on a
RS/6000 40P Model 7020 system.

Current firmware level: version 1.29
Current SMS disk level: version 1.28

Changes from ver 1.28:  Year 2000 date support, other minor enhancements


Updating the Firmware
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To create the Firmware Image Diskette, follow these steps:

a) Copy or unpack the files in the distribution.
b) The diskette must be DOS (FAT) formatted.  Format if necessary.
c) Copy the Firmware Image file, P*.IMG to the diskette.
d) Copy the flash update utility, FLASH.6XE to the diskette.

Note: There is no new SMS diskette to go with version 1.29 firmware. 
You should continue to use the version 1.28 SMS diskette.

To update the flash on a system, follow these steps:

1) Boot the system without the SMS diskette in the drive.
2) Press the F4 key after the keyboard icon appears.
3) An animation asking for the SMS diskette will appear.
4) Enter the resident monitor by typing the password.  The password has
   changed over different firmware levels.  See the list of passwords
   below.
5) Insert the Firmware Image Diskette into the drive.
6) At the resident monitor A:> prompt, type the name of the firmware 
   image file, such as P12H0456.IMG
7) This will "soft-load" the image into memory and reboot the system 
   which should now be running the new firmware.
8) Follow steps 2-4 above to return to the resident monitor A:> prompt.
9) Verify that the new firmware is running by reading the version number
   from the colored bar at the top of the screen.
10) If the new firmware is running, continue, otherwise stop and try the
    soft-load procedure (above) again.
11) At the resident monitor A:> prompt, type "flash -a" and follow the
    prompts to update the flash.

The new revision number will appear on a banner at the top of the SMS
and resident monitor display and in the VPD information.

To access the SMS utilities and diagnostics, insert the SMS diskette
while the system is booting and press the F4 key in the time frame
described in step 2) above.  This will start the English-only text mode
System Management Services.  Pressing F1 instead of F4 will start the
graphical mode System Management Services.


Password List
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Here is a list of passwords for different versions of the firmware.

             version 1.0      eatabug
             version 1.01     eatabug
             version 1.10     topsecret
             version 1.20     beammeup
             version 1.21     overthetop
             version 1.22     overthehill
             version 1.23     overthetime
             version 1.24-1.28  eatabug


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