Technical information

Appendix E – eBox-2300 Boot Options
By changing the BIOS settings, eBox-2300 can be set to boot from the following resources.
• Internal IDE storage
• CompactFlash
• USB Floppy
• USB storage
• USB CD/DVD-ROM drive
• Remote Network Boot using PXE
By default, eBox-2300 is set to boot from the internal IDE storage.
To change the boot device, enter system BIOS setting mode to change boot settings. To enter system
BIOS setting mode, press the DEL key multiple times immediate after turning on the power on.
Select Advanced CMOS Setup to bring up BIOS settings for Boot Device options.
USB storage and CF card must be plugged into eBox-2300 prior to turning on the power in order for the
BIOS to detect the devices’ present. Otherwise, USB storage and CF card will not be available as one of
the boot device options.
Note: The USB RMD-FDD boot option support USB bootable flash storage.
Most USB flash storage can be program to become bootable to DOS (refer to the USB flash
storage vendor support site for information).
USB storage is one of the most convenience methods to transfer files from development station to eBox-
2300’s internal IDE flash storage. By setting the 1
st
Boot Device to USB RMD-FDD and 2
nd
Boot
Device to IDE-0, eBox-2300 will attempt to boot from USB storage when it’s plugged into the system.
Otherwise, it will boot from the internal IDE flash storage.
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