Users Guide

CAUTION: The dd command erases the content of the drive it writes to.

b. Type the following command and press Enter.

xzcat <unique name-date>img.xz | sudo dd

of=/dev/sda bs=32 ; sync

NOTE: The sda may have to be replaced with the actual name of the drive on the system.

4. Unmount and remove the USB flash drive.

5. Connect the power and Ethernet cable to your Edge Gateway.

6. Insert the USB flash drive into your Edge Gateway.

7. Power on and boot up the Edge Gateway from the USB flash drive.

The installation USB flash drive flashes the Ubuntu Core 16 installation image into storage automatically. After the installation is

complete, the system shuts down.

8. Remove the USB flash drive.

9. Power on the system.

Ubuntu Core 16 is installed on your Edge Gateway.

Creating the recovery USB flash drive

Prerequisites:

• Service Tag of the Edge Gateway

• A Windows computer with administrator rights and at least 8 GB of available storage space to download the Dell ISO recovery image

• A blank USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of storage space. These steps delete all data on the USB flash drive.

• .NET Framework 4.5.2 or higher

1. Download and save the Dell ISO recovery image file from:

• For Windows: dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/osiso/win

• For Ubuntu: dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/osiso/linux

2. Download and install the Dell OS Recovery Tool on your computer.

3. Launch the Dell OS Recovery Tool.

4. Click Yes in the User Account Control prompt.

5. Connect the USB flash drive to the computer.

6. Click Browse and navigate to the location where the Dell ISO recovery image file is saved.

7. Select the Dell ISO recovery image file and click Open.

8. Click Start to begin creating the bootable USB recovery media.

9. Click Yes to continue.

10. Click OK to complete.