Disk Installation - SMART Embedded Computing PCIE-7217 Installation And Use Manual

Software
Table 6-1
Directory
utils
6.2.1.1

Disk Installation

To create a bootable USB on Linux machine, use the shelfHost with a USB connector at
the front.
Procedure
1. Connect the USB drive.
2. Mount the MC4K-BBS_<Version number>.iso to a directory.
$ mkdir -p /mnt
$ mount MC4K-BBS_<Version number>.iso /mnt
3. Run the create_bootusb.sh script available in the utlis directory under mount point
and then follow on-screen instructions.
$ /mnt/utils/create_bootusb.sh
You can now install the software using this bootable USB.
4. Access the console. For access methods, refer to
5. Connect the bootable USB drive with an OTG cable to the microUSB connector at the
card bracket and reboot the CPU.
6. Change the BIOS mode to UEFI. Refer to BIOS sections in the installation and use
manuals of respective PCIe cards.
7. Boot the card with bootable USB drive.
8. Login using default credentials root/root.
9. Identify the name of the target storage device. The target storage device could be
on-board SSD, 2.5" SATA, NVMe, or iSCSI.
disk_install.sh -l
10. Execute disk_install.sh -d disk:<storage-device> -i bootusb
If you want to install Complete ISO on shelfHost using a bootable USB and also want
to setup TFTP server to enable PXEboot for applicationCPUs, use the following
command:
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List of Files in Delivery Package (continued)
File
mkinitramfs
unpackinitramfs
create_bootusp.sh
Description
Utility to create ramfs.xz image
Utility to unpack ramfs.xz image
Utility to install kernel and ramfs onto disk and create
it bootable
UART (COM port) on page
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