Appendix D. Recovering the boot block image
This section provides instructions that should be followed only under the direction of the IBM Service and Support
team. Use these instructions only if you encountered a power interruption during a software update.
Read “Safety notices” on page v before you continue with these instructions.
Note:
The thin client shown in these procedures is an Exx Model.
Creating the boot block recovery CompactFlash card
Read “Safety notices” on page v before you continue with
these instructions.
Perform these instructions
from a properly working thin
client
:
1.
Perform Steps 1 to 4 in “Removing the logic unit” on
page 31.
2.
If a CompactFlash card is already installed, remove it
by carefully pulling out of the flash card slot. If a
CompactFlash card is not installed, go to step 3.
3.
Carefully insert a blank CompactFlash card into the
flash card slot. This CompactFlash card is your
recovery CompactFlash card.
For more information on CompactFlash cards, see
“Appendix C. CompactFlash card” on page 33.
4.
Move the jumpers on headers
A
and
B
into
configuration
2
.
5.
Reconnect the power cable to the logic unit.
6.
Power on the thin client, and wait for the system
LED to flash green.
If the system LED flashes amber, the image was not
created. Repeat the procedure with another
CompactFlash card.
7.
Power off the thin client.
8.
Remove the recovery CompactFlash card.
9.
Move the jumpers back into the default configuration
1
.
10.
If you removed an original CompactFlash card in
step 2, reinsert it into the flash card slot. If you did
not remove an original CompactFlash card in step 2,
go to step 11.
11.
Perform “Reassembling the Network Station” on
page 32.
12.
Continue with “Reflashing the boot block from the
recovery CompactFlash card” on page 36.
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