C • Appendix C: Remote Booting; Boot-From-Lan Bios Option; First Boot Menu; Table C-1 First Boot Menu - GE V7865 Series Hardware Reference Manual

C • Appendix C: Remote Booting
The V7865 currently includes a Boot-from-LAN BIOS option which allows the
SBC to be booted from a network.
The older versions of the V7865 include a Managed PC Boot Agent (MBA) option
which allows the V7865 to be booted from a network.
This appendix describes the procedures to enable these options and to select a
LAN connection as the boot device.
C.1 Boot-from-LAN BIOS Option
There are two methods of enabling Remote Booting. The first method is the First
Boot menu. The second is the Boot menu from the BIOS Setup Utility.
C.1.1 First Boot Menu
Press
menu. Selecting Network: IBA LAN to boot from the LAN in this screen applies to
the current boot only. At the next reboot the V7865 will revert back to the setting
in the Boot menu.

Table C-1 First Boot Menu

Using the arrow keys, highlight Network: IBA LAN, and press the
continue with the system boot.
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at the very beginning of the boot cycle, which will access the First Boot
F11
Please select boot device:
st
1 Floppy Drive
(Hard Drive)
Network: IBA LAN 1
Network: IBA LAN 2
↑ and ↓ to move selection
Enter to select boot device
ESC to boot using defaults
key to
ENTER
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