Installing An Os Via Network Boot; Booting An Os Via Network Boot - Advantech FWA-5020 User Manual

Advanced Setup: USB Configuration: Mass Storage Driver = Enabled
To boot from a USB stick:
1) Create a Live USB stick using LiLi (available via
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/) or a similar tool. Please make sure to
configure the Linux for the operation with a serial console (115200bd, 8N1,
no handshake). Enabling serial support in the Linux bootloader (grub or
similar) as well as kernel debug messages via serial console may be
valuable for potential troubleshooting.
2) Install the USB stick in one of the front ports. Make sure you have a serial
console connection established via tools such as PuTTY as described
earlier.
3) Power on the appliance.
The boot priority in the FWA-5020's BIOS is giving SATA devices higher
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priority than USB devices. This is a safety measure to avoid that any end
user can tamper the unit when installed in the field with a bootable USB
stick. So, in order to boot from the USB stick, you need to enter BIOS setup.
In BIOS setup menu, move to the "Boot" menu. You can either give the USB
stick higher boot priority over SATA devices. Alternatively, you can select
the USB stick in the "Boot Override" Menu. Boot Override will modify the
boot order for a single boot process only and will automatically revert back
to the original boot priority.
After making these changes leave the Setup Menu via "Save&Exit".
This will restart the appliance and it will boot from the USB stick.

1.3.4.3 Installing an OS via network boot

To install an OS via network, basically works the same way as booting an OS via
USB stick described above.
The main difference is that instead of a Linux live image you need to install a network
installer / a network installable image on the USB key. Network Installers or network
installable iso images are available for most Linux distributions such as RedHat,
Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS. For detailed information, please refer to the
documentation of the related network installer and / or Linux distribution.
Please make sure you configure the network installer image properly for the Ethernet
port / device of the FWA-5020 that you plan to sue for the installation.

1.3.4.4 Booting an OS via network boot

The FWA-5020 supports booting over network via PXE.
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