IPC/NETIPCFW-1A: User Documentation
DOC/NETIPCFW-E; V3.0
2.3.
Operating Systems
Operating Systems (especially real-time, multitasking operating systems) are an important part
of today’s control systems. The NETIPC allows the user to select and load his own operating
system (Note: many well-known operating systems - e.g. VxWorks, QNX, Embedded OS-9,
Linux, Windows NT/XP Embedded, WindowsCE, RTKernel, RTXDOS-16/32, etc. - are
supported by its respective manufacturer or distributor). The NETIPC basic firmware (BIOS,
boot loader) are operating-system independent and allow booting of any operating system
suited for the NETIPC processor board. Refer to chapter 8 for specific information on
downloading non-DOS operating systems to the NETIPC boards.
For less demanding applications the well-known PC operating system
DOS
(Disk Operating
System) may be sufficient. One version of DOS - the Embedded DOS-ROM
(from General
Software, USA) - is included in the delivery and may be used on the NETIPC boards without
additional license fees. The user may also load his own copy of MS-DOS (Microsoft). Refer to
chapter 7 for specific information on downloading MS-DOS to the NETIPC boards.
The detailled information for the port of a new operating system to the NETIPC is not
contained in this manual but can be obtained separately (please ask Syslogic for more
information).
2.4.
Getting Started
2.4.1.
Standard Configuration from Factory
The NETIPC boards delivered from the factory are configured for the
DOS-compatible mode
and are pre-loaded and configured as follows:
–
Boot loader target program loaded;
–
Embedded BIOS loaded and supporting ROM-drive A: and no console
redirection;
Note 1:
the console is redirected to ‘remote console’ in the Embedded DOS-
ROM (see chapter 6.1) or can be redirected by BIOS reconfiguration
Note 2:
the full BIOS-configuration may be viewed using the ‘BIOS Binary
Configuration Program’ (BCP) with the BIOS image file available in the
directory C:\FBCUBE\NETIPCFW\EBIOS (see chapter 4.5 for details)
–
VGA BIOS Extension loaded (for onboard VGA controller);
–
Embedded DOS-ROM Boot-Drive A: (ROM-Drive) loaded (see chapter 4.4 for
details);
–
Embedded DOS-ROM remote console/disk driver loaded in CONFIG.SYS (see
chapter 6.1 for details).
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