Lenovo ThinkCentre M92z (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 77

Boot Config, Alt Partition

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Table 26. BMGR32 parameters (continued) Parameter Result /U2 Show partition 2. /U3 Show partition 3. /US Show service partition. /Fmbr Load the Rescue and Recovery environment (RRE) Master boot record program. /U Unload the Rescue and Recovery environment (RRE) Master boot record program. /UF Force installation or uninstallation of the Master boot record program /? List command-line options. When calling bmgr.exe with a /info attribute, the following information is dumped: v Additional master boot records Sector numbers containing the master boot record, other than the first sector. v Data Sector number of the data sector used by the master boot record. v Patch indices Sector numbers of any patches applied using the master boot record. v Checksum return 0 if there are no checksum errors. v Boot Partition The 1-based partition table index of the service partition. v Alt Partition Partition table index pointing to the DOS bootable area, if one exists. v Original MBR Sector number where the machine's original master boot record is stored. v IBM Flag Value from the data sector (1 if IBM branded or Lenovo-branded system, 0 if not) v Boot Config Displays the installation option used to describe the machine layout. Whether a service partition was used, or a virtual partition. v Signature Signature value found within the data sector and the first sector, should contain "NP". v Pause Duration Displays the number of ¼ seconds to wait if the F11 message is displayed to the screen. v Scan Code The key used when booting to the service area. The scan code for the F11 key is 85. v RR Not used by BMGR, this is set by the Rescue and Recovery program. Appendix A. Administrative tools 69

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Table 26. BMGR32 parameters (continued)
Parameter
Result
/U2
Show partition 2.
/U3
Show partition 3.
/US
Show service partition.
/F
mbr
Load the Rescue and Recovery environment (RRE) Master
boot record program.
/U
Unload the Rescue and Recovery environment (RRE) Master
boot record program.
/UF
Force installation or uninstallation of the Master boot record
program
/?
List command-line options.
When calling bmgr.exe with a /info attribute, the following information is
dumped:
v
Additional master boot records
Sector numbers containing the master boot record, other than the first sector.
v
Data
Sector number of the data sector used by the master boot record.
v
Patch indices
Sector numbers of any patches applied using the master boot record.
v
Checksum return
0 if there are no checksum errors.
v
Boot Partition
The 1-based partition table index of the service partition.
v
Alt Partition
Partition table index pointing to the DOS bootable area, if one exists.
v
Original MBR
Sector number where the machine’s original master boot record is stored.
v
IBM Flag
Value from the data sector (1 if IBM branded or Lenovo-branded system, 0 if
not)
v
Boot Config
Displays the installation option used to describe the machine layout. Whether a
service partition was used, or a virtual partition.
v
Signature
Signature value found within the data sector and the first sector, should contain
“NP”.
v
Pause Duration
Displays the number of
¼
seconds to wait if the F11 message is displayed to the
screen.
v
Scan Code
The key used when booting to the service area. The scan code for the F11 key is
85.
v
RR
Not used by BMGR, this is set by the Rescue and Recovery program.
Appendix A. Administrative tools
69