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INSTALLING SOFTWARE AND BOOTING
A NETBUILDER II SYSTEM
This chapter contains the following procedures:
■ Installing and booting Enterprise OS software
■ Making a backup copy of the software flash memory card
Installing Software
and Performing Initial
Boot
Enterprise OS software can be installed in the following ways:
■ From a flash memory card with preinstalled software. 3Com recommends this
method.
EZBuilt NETBuilder II systems have a factory-installed software flash memory
card. To boot your EZBuilt system, see “Booting an EZBuilt NETBuilder II
System.”
For component NETBuilder II systems to boot from a flash memory card, they
must have a flash memory drive installed. For installation instructions, see the
NETBuilder II Flash Memory Drive Installation Guide. After you have installed a
flash memory drive, see “Booting a Component NETBuilder II System” on
page 10 for instructions on booting your system.
■ From CD-ROM on a UNIX or Windows network management station using
TFTP
Booting from the
Flash Memory Card
To start the NETBuilder II system from a flash memory card with preinstalled
software, follow the procedures in this section.
Prerequisites Before you boot your new NETBuilder II system, you need to complete all setup
and installation instructions in the hardware guide provided with the system and
system components. You also need to connect a console to your system.
Booting an EZBuilt
NETBuilder II System
The EZBuilt NETBuilder II system comes with a factory-installed flash memory card
that contains the Enterprise OS software. To boot an EZBuilt NETBuilder II system,
follow these steps:
1 Turn on the EZBuilt NETBuilder system.
The NETBuilder II system boots from the default boot source a:/primary/boot.29K
(the flash memory drive).
2 When the boot operation is complete, press the Return key on the console.
The Enterprise OS console prompt should appear on the screen.
If the console is not operating properly (if you see incorrect characters, or no
characters), see the setup instructions in the hardware installation guide.
You are ready to establish basic settings on your system. See Chapter 4 for more
information.