Creating A Bootable Usb Flash Drive For B&R Upgrade Files; Requirements; Procedure; How To Access Ms-Dos - B&R Industries MAPPC900-ENG User Manual

2.4 Creating a bootable USB flash drive for B&R upgrade files
When used in connection with a B&R Industrial PC, it is possible to upgrade (e.g. upgrade BIOS) from one of
the USB flash drives available from B&R. To do this, the USB flash drive must be prepared accordingly. This is
done with the B&R Embedded OS Installer, which can be downloaded at no cost from the B&R website
automation.com).

2.4.1 Requirements

The following is required to create a bootable USB flash drive:
• B&R USB flash drive
• B&R Industrial PC
• USB media drive
• B&R Embedded OS Installer (V3.00 or higher)

2.4.2 Procedure

1. Connect the USB flash drive to the PC.
2. If the drive list is not refreshed automatically, the list can be updated using the command Drives > Refresh.
3. Select the desired USB flash drive in the drive list.
4. Change to the Action tab and select Install a B&R update to a USB flash drive as the type of action.
5. Enter the path to the MS-DOS operating system files. If the files are part of a .zip archive, then click on the
button From .zip file. If the files are stored in a directory on the hard drive, then click on the button From
folder.
6. In the B&R upgrade text box, it is also possible to enter the path to the .zip file for the B&R upgrade disk
and select the file.
7. Click on the Start action button in the toolbar.

2.4.3 How to access MS-DOS

Information on creating an MS-DOS boot diskette can be found in section see "Creating an MS-DOS boot diskette
in Windows XP" on page 237. The files from the diskette are then copied to the hard drive.
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Figure 170: Creating a USB flash drive for B&R upgrade files
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