Advantech FWA-3260 - Installing an os Via Network Boot; Booting an os Via Network Boot

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To boot from a USB stick:
1) 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.
2) Install the USB stick in one of the front ports. Make sure you have a serial console
connection established via tools such as PuTTY as described earlier.
3) Power on the appliance.
4) The boot priority in the FWA-3260’s BIOS is giving SATA devices higher priority
than USB devices. This is a safety measure to avoid that any end user can tamper
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.
1.3.4.3 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 documentation 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-3260 that you plan to sue for the installation.
1.3.4.4 Booting an OS via network boot
The FWA-3260 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: