Diamond Systems 1.01 user manual Quick Start Guide, General Setup, IDE Configuration

9. QUICK START GUIDE

This section will describe the steps necessary to get the Morpheus up and running quickly.

9.1General Setup

This section describes the initial setup that will be identical no matter which operating system or IDE configuration you choose to use.

1)Remove the Morpheus board from its packaging.

2)Install the mounting kit standoffs into the PC/104 mounting holes located at each corner of the board. This ensures that the board will not touch the surface beneath it.

3)Connect a power supply to the external power input header.

4)Optional: Attach the keyboard and mouse connector if a keyboard and mouse are needed.

5)Optional: Attach the VGA cable. Connect your monitor’s VGA cable to the DB15 socket.

6)Optional: Connect Ethernet cable.

7)Optional: You will need to connect the USB cables if you are going to use a USB floppy, keyboard or mouse. Connect the USB cable.

9.2IDE Configuration

Morpheus has a single IDE channel that can support up to two devices simultaneously (Master and Slave). IDE devices connect through a 44-pin, laptop IDE pin out. Here are a few example setups:

1)One laptop IDE hard drive connected directly to Morpheus through a 44-pin ribbon cable. This cable is supplied with the Morpheus.

2)One IDE flash disk connected directly to an IDE extender board, which is connected to Morpheus through a 44-pin ribbon cable.

3)Use 44-pin ribbon cable to connect an IDE extender board to Morpheus. You can then connect other 40-pin or 44-pin IDE compatible devices to the extender board. Use a power-supply to supply power to 40-pin IDE devices.

9.3Booting into MS-DOS, FreeDOS or ROM-DOS

This section describes how to boot into a DOS-based operating system via a bootable floppy disk.

1)Connect a floppy drive to Morpheus or connect a USB floppy drive to a USB socket connected to the Morpheus.

2)Insert your DOS-based boot disk into the floppy drive.

3)Power up the Morpheus.

4)Morpheus starts BIOS power-on self test (POST.) At this screen hit <DEL> to enter BIOS configuration.

5)Go into “Advanced BIOS Features” and ensure that floppy is the first boot device. If using USB floppy drive enter “Advanced BIOS Features” and ensure that USB-FDD is the first boot device. Also, enabled Legacy USB in “Integrated Peripherals”.

6)Reboot Morpheus and it will boot the DOS OS on the floppy disk.

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