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RESTORE_NVRAM and SAVE_NVRAM

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Restore NVRAM data to EEROM/TOY from a floppy file.

Restore the system NVRAM data to 8KB EEROM and/or last 50 TOY
RAM bytes from a floppy containing the NVRAM save file(s). By default,
if no script argument is specified, all NVRAM is restored from file
ALLNVRAM.SAV.

Syntax

restore_nvram

{all,arc,srm,toy}

Arguments

group

Specifies the group of NVRAM data to be restored.

One of the following:

all : All of the 8KB EEROM and 50 bytes of TOY RAM are restored
from file allnvram.sav. This is the default, if no argument is specified.

arc : ARC (AlphaBIOS) data in first 6KB of the 8KB EEROM is
restored from file arcnvram.sav.

srm : SRM console data in last 2KB of the 8KB EEROM is restored
from file srmnvram.sav.

toy : TOY data in last 50 bytes of 64 bytes in TOY RAM is restored
from file toynvram.sav.

Examples

To restore a previously saved ARC NVRAM image:
>>>restore_nvram arc

Restore arc NVRAM data from the file fat:arcnvram.sav/dva0.0.0.1000.0.
Please insert the floppy containing this file...

...and enter "y" and press

Return

to continue.

y
Looking for file fat:arcnvram.sav/dva0.0.0.1000.0...

...Found it.

Restoring system NVRAM data...

...Succeeded.

>>>

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