How to Boot an OS Image on a CEPC from a Hard Disk Drive
To boot an OS image directly from a hard disk on a CEPC, you need to transfer the OS image to the hard disk. Platform Builder provides boot disk images that you can use to configure the hard disk drive to boot OS images. Other methods of booting from a hard disk drive typically require access to a Microsoft Windows 98 boot disk; the basic input/output system (BIOS) boot loader method does not.
Hardware and Software Assumptions
- You have set up a CEPC. For more information, see How to Set Up a CEPC.
- You will select a release OS image configuration for your CEPC. For more information about configuring and building an OS image, see How to Configure and Build an OS Image for a CEPC.
- You are familiar with how to download an OS image to your CEPC. For more information, see How to Configure a CEPC to Download an OS Image.
- You are familiar with low-level hard disk drive tools such as Fdisk and Format.
- You have two 3.5-inch floppy disks.
To track your progress in the following table, select the check box next to each step.
| Step | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Add your Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) hard disk drive to the CEPC by connecting a power supply and a ribbon cable to the hard disk drive, and configure the jumper settings.
Consult the hard disk drive manufacturer's Web site or documentation for information on configuring jumper settings. If you need to, enable hard disk drive detection in the BIOS. |
Not applicable | |
| 2. After your CEPC starts, view the BIOS routines.
Verify that the hard disk drive appears as the primary master device. If the hard disk drive does not appear as the primary master device, check the power supply and ribbon cable connections, and verify the jumper settings of the hard disk drive with the manufacturer's Web site or documentation. |
Not applicable | |
| 3. On your development workstation, create two boot disks.
Use the Setupdisk.144 and Bootdisk.144 disk images. |
Configuring a Hard Disk Drive with the BIOS Boot Loader | |
| 4. In your platform, include a driver and file system for your hard disk drive, then build and download the OS image. | Building and Transferring an OS Image to a Hard Disk Drive | |
| 5. On your development workstation, from the Platform Builder Target menu, choose Disconnect. | Not applicable | |
| 6. Remove the boot floppy disk from your CEPC, restart the CEPC, and then verify that the OS image boots on your CEPC.
The OS image now boots directly from the CEPC hard disk. |
Not applicable |
See Also
CEPC How-to Topics | Specialized Boot Loaders
Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005
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