Booting The Linux System - 3Com 5500G Getting Started Manual

BIOS Menu Options
Booting the Linux
System
Booting the Linux
System from the Hard
Disk
Press Ctrl+D when
Press Ctrl-D to enter BIOS Menu
the system displays the BIOS menu.
<1> Boot Linux From HardDisk
<2> Boot Linux From USB
<3> Install Linux OS
<4> Enter Internal Shell
<5> Reboot
Enter your choice(1-5):
Table 7 describes the menu options.
Table 7 BIOS menu
Menu item
<1> Boot Linux From HardDisk
<2> Boot Linux From USB
<3> Install Linux OS With Ethernet
<4> Enter Internal Shell
<5> Reboot
This section describes the BIOS menu boot options
The system boots the Linux system from the hard disk in the following
conditions:
During the BIOS boot process, if you do not perform an operation
■
within five seconds.
During BIOS boot process, if you do not select an option but press
■
Enter, the system operates according to menu item 1 (booting the
Linux system from hard disk).
If you enter 1 at the BIOS menu, the BIOS reads the boot program
■
from the hard disk to boot the Linux system.

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With Ethernet
Description
Read the boot program from hard disk
and then boot the Linux system.
Read the boot program from the storage
medium connected to the USB interface,
and then boot the Linux system.
Install the Linux system through Ethernet
Enter the Internal Shell command line.
Reboot the OSN|M.
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