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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.)
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.
Please note that each BIOS manufacturer offers varying levels of support
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.