| Table of Contents |
|---|
Choosing the USB stick
Requirements for the USB stick:
...
- 8 GB or more
- FAT32 formatted
Steps to boot the appliance from a USB stick
No matter which OS you wish to install on the appliance, follow these steps in order to boot from the USB stick:
- Plugin the recovery USB stick
- Hold F11 during boot to reach the Boot-Options menu
- Choose "General USB Flash DIsk" (do not choose UEFI)
Installation of Windows 10 on the appliance
Creation of the USB stick for windows 10
Microsoft offers a tool in order to install windows 10 on a server. You can download the tool and check how it works on this page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
...
Once the process is done, click on "Finish". You can now plug the USB key to your appliance. See below for "installing OS on the appliance".
Windows BIOS settings
If your appliance gets stuck after rebooting, please check the bios setup. To do so, press F11 after starting the device and click on "Enter setup" in the screen below:
...
5. Chipset > DVMT Total Gfx Mem = 128MB
Installation of windows 10 on the beroNet appliance
Once the USB stick is ready, plug it into the Appliance. You should also plug a screen and a keyboard to it. When you turn the appliance on, the installation of windows should proceed automatically. Choose the language you want to install the OS in and the keyboard layout.
...
Once it is finished, the appliance will reboot. After rebooting, it will try to boot from the USB stick again. In order to prevent windows for installing again, unplug the USB stick and let the appliance boot on its SSD.
Drivers for windows
Once windows is ready, we advise you to install a few drivers designed for beroNet hardware. You can find the list of drivers to install here: http://beronet.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/appliance/BNTA2/MITX_6770/Driver/
Installation of another OS
Once you have formatted your USB stick, download the program "tuxboot" here.
...