INSTALLING SOFTWARE AND BOOTING
2 A DPE NETBUILDER II SYSTEM
This chapter contains the following procedures:
■Installing and booting NETBuilder software
■Making a backup copy of the software flash memory card
Installing Software
and Performing Initial
Boot
NETBuilder software can be installed in the following ways:
■From a flash memory card with preinstalled software. 3Com recommends this method.
EZBuilt NETBuilder II systems have a
For component NETBuilder II systems to boot from a flash memory card, they mus have a flash memory drive installed. For installation instructions, refer to the NETBuilder II Flash Memory Drive Installation Guide. After you have installed a flash memory drive, refer to “Booting a Component NETBuilder II System” on page
■From
Booting from the Flash | To start the NETBuilder II system from a flash memory card with preinstalled |
Memory Card | software, follow the procedures in this section. |
Prerequisites | Before you boot your new NETBuilder II system, you need to complete all setup |
| and installation instructions in the hardware guide provided with the system and |
| system components. You also need to connect a console to your system. |
Booting an EZBuilt The EZBuilt NETBuilder II system comes with a
follow these steps:
1Turn on the EZBuilt NETBuilder system.
The NETBuilder II system boots from the default boot source a:/primary/boot.29K (the flash memory drive).
2When the boot operation is complete, press the Return key on the console. The NETBuilder console prompt should appear on the screen.
If the console is not operating properly (if you see incorrect characters, or no characters), refer to the setup instructions in the hardware installation guide.
You are ready to establish basic settings on your system. Refer to Chapter 6 for more information.
