Moxa DA-685-W7E [25/38] Step 2 setting the bios to boot via usb

DA-685 / W7E System Recovery

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4. Click OK, and the boot environment and bootloader will be copied to your USB drive.

5. Because of the file system naming conventions used, for any given computer only a single recovery image

may be used on any given USB drive. Consequently, at this point, users need to make a decision about

which sort of system recovery is preferred:

A. a basic recovery of the root OS, or

B. a recovery image of the fully configured OS, with all user-installed software applications and

scripts.

A. To configure the recovery environment to boot into a fully configured system, users should click

Reboot Now to close the installation environment and restart the computer. They should then proceed

to the next section, Step 2: Setting the BIOS to Boot via USB and continue the installation of the

recovery environment by continuing to Step 3 (opt.): Creating a Custom System Image.

B. To configure the recovery environment to boot into a clean OS image with no applications, users should

instead click Exit hereto complete the installation and return to the OS. From within the desktop

environment, the user should then manually copy the directory containing the base OS from the

software DVD over to the USB drive. To do this, copy #:\

<SoftwareDVD>\recovery\os_image

over to the partition image directory ,F:\home\partimag\. At this point, Step 1 has been completed,

and you should proceed toStep 2: Settingthe BIOS to Boot via USB.

ATTENTION

Because of the

peculiarities of the

file tree naming, it is not possible to include both the base OS image and a

fully configured system image on the same USB stick

If users wish to configure both, then two USB drives must

be used, each configured according to the two different alternatives offered here.

Step 2: Setting the BIOS to Boot via USB

At this stage, users will reset the BIOS so that the system boots directly from the USB. This must be done

before the rest of the system recovery environment may be configured

1. Turn on the computer and, during the POST process, press F2 until you hear a long beep. You should then

enter the BIOS setup menu. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Boot tab, and then press Enter.

2. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Boot tab, and then press Enter.