Table 1.1: Pxe Bios Options - Advantech FWA-1320 User Manual

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To boot from a USB stick:

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.

Install the USB stick in one of the front ports. Make sure you have a serial con-

sole connection established via tools such as PuTTY as described earlier.

Power on the appliance.

The boot priority in the FWA-1320's BIOS is giving SATA devices higher priority

than USB devices. This is a safety measure to avoid that any end user can tam-

per 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.

1.3.2.3

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 documen-

tation 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-320 that you plan to sue for the installation.

1.3.2.4

Booting an OS via network boot

The FWA-1320 supports booting over network via PXE.

To boot an OS via network, please make sure the following BIOS options In the

Advanced: Network Stack Configuration Menu are configured properly: