Intermec 6200 Reference Guide

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The default command shell for ROM DOS 5 is

SHELL=D:\COMMAND.COM /P D:\

When COMMAND.COM is loaded by this shell statement, it processes

AUTOEXEC.BAT.  If MiniCMD is loaded instead of COMMAND.COM,

ROMINIT.BAT is processed instead of AUTOEXEC.BAT.  You could load

MiniCMD either by specifying a different SHELL statement in CONFIG.SYS or

by copying MiniCMD to D:\COMMAND.COM.  Details on using MiniCMD are

presented later in this section.

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A warm boot is only slightly different from a cold boot.  Since the two forms of

booting are so similar, this publication may refer to booting without specifying

warm or cold.  Such references would imply that the form of boot does not

matter.
For warm booting, the PEN*KEY Computer must be booted before and still have

power applied to it from either batteries or a charger.  To warm boot, press the

reset switch (as described in the Setup for PC Development paragraph in Section

1).  This reinitializes the hardware and software.  POST procedures are

reexecuted and ROM DOS restarts.
If a RAM drive was previously created, the data on that drive is still there,

unchanged by the reset cycle.  The rest of memory is reconstructed as part of the

tests that were performed.  For example, only that extended memory (which was

not allocated to the RAM drive) is reset when extended memory is tested.  The

amount of extended memory reported does not include memory allocated to the

RAM drive.  If all extended memory is allocated to the RAM drive, the clicking

associated with the extended memory test is not heard and 0K of extended

memory is reported.

The Master Mode boot procedure is provided for a computer that does not have a

functioning version of flash and to reboot and reflash with a functioning version.

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To update or change the contents of the flash memory.

A Master Mode boot cycle differs from a standard boot cycle in that the BIOS

code that is copied to shadow RAM comes from a PC Card instead of from flash

memory.  In addition, drive B: is temporarily used as the default drive.  In that

way, the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT (or ROMINIT.BAT) are executed

from the PC Card instead of any startup files in flash memory or on the RAM

drive.  To initiate a Master Mode boot cycle:

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On a 6200 Computer:

Press and hold the [Yes] key while either applying power or pressing the

reset switch.  Release the [Yes] key after applying power or releasing the

reset switch.

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On a 6300 Computer:

Press and hold the suspend/resume switch (labeled

) while either applying power or pressing the reset switch.  Release the

suspend/resume switch after applying power or releasing the reset switch.

Thus, you can select a Master Mode boot sequence when either cold booting

or warm booting.