[Info-vax] Using EFI$CP on OpenVMS Integrity V8.4

[Jim Duff]

On 9/11/2011 7:49 AM, RobertsonEricW wrote:
> Has anybody out there used the EFI$CP utility to copy EFI files from
> an OpenVMS ODS-2/ODS-5 volume to the OpenVMS EFI boot partition?

Yes.

> I would like to use this utility to copy some firmware upgrade EFI files
> onto a BL860c i2 blade server. Last I looked this was an unsupported
> utility that could possibly corrupt the OpenVMS EFI boot partition.
> With V8.4 did this utility get any support for this purpose?
>
>

I believe it's still officially unsupported in 8.4, but you can use it 
if you know what you're doing.  See this article for an example of 
copying a file to the boot partition:

<http://www.eight-cubed.com/blog/archives/001227.html>

or the link in that article to the one by Hoff that contains full dire 
warnings and possible ways to protect yourself.

Regards,
Jim.
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