IPC/NETIPCFW-1A: User Documentation
DOC/NETIPCFW-E; V3.0
9 Linux Installation
Linux operating systems are installed using a bootable Linux Floppy Disk. Depending on the
target board type (supported ROM-Drive image size) a standard 1.44 MByte Linux Boot
Diskette or a specially prepared Linux Boot Diskette with all required files in the first 704
kByte of a standard 1.44 MByte Floppy disk may be used to generate a Linux ROM-Disk
image to start with. The next step for installing a full Linux system may be done either by
connecting a Linux CD-ROM to the IDE interface of the NETIPC target or by doing a network
installation via the onboard Ethernet connectivity (requires network interface drivers in the
ROM-Drive image).
If the target runs Embedded BIOS V5.x you may directly boot and install Linux from a
bootable CDROM.
Some Linux companies provide simple to use installation tools for their Linux distribution to
put them onto embedded systems without Floppy support (like the NETIPC).
Check the following links to find your solution:
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Linux
Org:
www.linux.org
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Sysgo:
www.elinos.com
Note that you must make sure to have the legal right to load and run the selected Linux
operating system on the target, i.e. to have a correct license. For the installation please proceed
as follows:
1.
Prepare the Embedded BIOS
for a non-DOS boot drive:
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Run the NETIPC BIOS Configuration Program on your host-PC
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Read-in the BIOS image file
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Edit the BIOS-image
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Enter the Disk I/O and Booting menu
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Select drive A: as first boot drive
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Save options using <F1> key
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Return to main menu via <ESC> key
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Write BIOS image file
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Exit (Note: you have now generated a new binary BIOS image)
2.
Create a binary image
of a non-DOS boot disk for the ROM-drive A: of the target:
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change to directory C:\FBCUBE\NETIPCFW\NONDOSOS
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Insert a system formatted 1.44 MByte 3.5“ Linux boot diskette with all required
files included into the floppy drive A: of your host-PC
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Run the DOS batch file MAKEDRVX.BAT
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Verify, that the files you need do not exceed the maximum ROM-drive size of
704 kBytes. Do that by examining the binary disk image file DRIVE_X.BIN
with a HEX-viewer tool. At the end of the file you should encounter only values
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