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MAX Administration Guide
Diagnostic Parameters and Commands
Using diagnostics-related DO commands for the MAX 6000 unit’s PCMCIA card
Format
Description: Formats a PCMCIA card with a file system for storing the MAX 6000 unit’s
executable files and configuration files.
Permission level: Requires Diagnostic mode permissions.
Usage:
format [
options
] [
device
]
where:
options
are one or more of the following:
device
—The PCMCIA card, which is specified as
flash-card-1
or
1
. Only one
PCMCIA card exists on the MAX 6000, so the device name is optional.
Example:
FVersionInfo
Description: Displays the version of software stored on the PCMCIA card or in the internal
flash memory.
Permission level: Requires Diagnostic mode permissions.
Usage:
fVersionInfo (-i | -p)
where:
-o
Formats the PCMCIA card with the old, version 2, format. This option
is incompatible with the
-b
option.
-e
Erases the entire PCMCIA card.
-b
Formats the PCMCIA card and reserves the first 128 Kb for the han-
dler software. This option is incompatible with the
-o
option.
-e -b
Erases the boot region of the PCMCIA card.
> format
or
> format
1
or
> format flash-card-1
Formats the PCMCIA card and does not reserve
space for the handler software.
> format -b
Formats the PCMCIA card and reserves the first
128 Kb for the handler software.
> format -e
Erases all contents from the PCMCIA card.
> format -e -b
Erases the handler portion of the file system only
if you created the formatting by using the
-b
option.