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Instruction Manual

Booting from USB Disk:

If the host computer’s BIOS supports USB boot devices, it is possible to boot from the emulated CD-ROM or floppy - allowing complete operating system replacement without any on-site intervention.)

Please note that each BIOS manufacturer offers varying levels of sup- port for USB boot devices and may require configuration methods that are unique (to the manufacturer) in order to utilize this feature. Similarly, please note that many BIOS’s provide a simplified USB host stack and offer drivers that may not offer suitable reliability.

The first step is getting a bootable disk image onto the emulated floppy or CD-ROM. For CD-ROM images, you will need an .ISO image from a disk that contains special bits to enable booting (“El Torito” standard).

Nothing special is needed when reading the ISO from a working, bootable CD-ROM.

To create a bootable floppy, you can format the emulated floppy from the target system, or read the data from a working boot floppy. This can be done from Windows using Disk Copy (right click on the drive letter in the Windows Explorer) or by using a program like “RAWRITE”.

Once you have a bootable image (CD-ROM or floppy) working on the Enterprise Class KVM unit, you must adjust your BIOS settings to tell it to boot from a USB device.

Please note: You must select USB CD-ROM as the boot device for the BIOS, if using a CDROM image and USB Floppy if using a floppy image.

VNC

To launch or disconnect a Virtual Network connection with the controlled computer, click on Connect or Disconnect as appropriate.

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