User's Manual

PERFORMING DOWNLOADS
Direct Operating System Downloads
VX 675 R
EFERENCE GUIDE 127
Direct Operating
System Download
Procedure
The procedure in Table 15 describes how to perform a direct operating system
download from a host computer into the Group 1 I: drive of a VX 675 terminal.
Steps described in the Action column are performed directly on the VX 675
terminal. Notes provided in this column indicate and explain actions you must
perform on the host computer.

The certificate tree that exists on the receiving terminal is not modified unless one
or more new certificate files required to authenticate the new OS are being
downloaded to the terminal. When new certificates authenticate on the receiving
terminal, the data they contain is stored in the certificate tree and the certificate
files are deleted from the Group 1
I: drive.

The certificates and signature files required to authenticate the new OS are
processed by the file authentication module of the receiving terminal the same as
application files.

When the terminal restarts and the new OS files process, they are moved out of
the Group 1
I: drive into the Group 0 area of the VX 675 file system.
NOTE
In Table 15 and in the following procedures, only method-specific steps are
included. For a description of the steps required to enter Verix Terminal Manager
and display
VERIX TERMINAL MGR MENU 2, refer to Table 13.
Table 15 Direct Operating System Download Procedure
Step Display Action
1
VERIX TERMINAL MGR
Group ID: _1
Enter the target file group for the download.
FILE GROUP _1 (Group 1) is displayed as the default
selection.
To select Group 1 as the target file group, press ENTER;
to select a file group other than Group 1, type the one or
two-digit number of the desired file group (2 – 15) for the
download.