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3.6
BIOS Recovery
It is unlikely that anything will interrupt a BIOS update; however, if an interruption occurs, the
BIOS could be damaged. Table 14 lists the drives and media types that can and cannot be used
for BIOS recovery. The BIOS recovery media plugged into a compatible device does not need to
be made bootable.
Table 14. Acceptable Drives/Media Types for BIOS Recovery
Media Type
(Note)
Can be used for BIOS recovery?
Hard disk drive (connected to USB)
Yes
CD/DVD drive (connected to USB)
Yes
USB flash drive
Yes
NOTE
Supported file systems for BIOS recovery:
NTFS (sparse, compressed, or encrypted files are not supported)
FAT32
FAT16
FAT12
ISO 9660
For information about
Refer to
BIOS recovery
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/intel-
compute-card/000023860.html
3.7
Boot Options
In the BIOS Setup program, the user can choose to boot from local storage or removable storage.
The default setting is for the local storage to be the first boot device. For removable storage use
the Compute Card must be plugged into a compatible device.
3.7.1
Booting Without Attached Devices
For use in embedded applications, the BIOS has been designed so that after passing the POST,
the operating system loader is invoked even if the following devices are not present in a
compatible device:
Video display
Keyboard
Mouse