Byte25 Self Installer Overview

Configuration guide for using the Byte25 Self Installer USB key to install Byte25 appliance images to the internal SSD storage.

The self-install USB is used to re-image Byte25 appliances. This may be necessary in the case of building a new appliance, or when online image updating of an existing appliance is not possible.

Note that re-imaging an appliance will destroy any existing data or configuration, and dissociate the appliance from its customer account.

 

Installing Byte25 Software Image via Self Install USB

The process is as follows:

1. Boot Byte25 Appliance from Self Installing USB
2. Load Byte25 image on to appliance
3. Reboot Appliance to check successful install

    The equipment required is:

          •  VGA monitor
          • USB keyboard
          • USB key with Clonezilla installer and appliance image files provided by Byte25

    Boot Byte25 Appliance from Self Install USB

    Plug the Clonezilla USB key into the appliance.

    Configure the BIOS to boot off the Self Install USB

    By default, the appliance will boot off the existing internal SSD card. There is a BIOS configuration change needed to force the appliance to boot off the Self Install USB.

    When the appliance is first powered on and the BIOS splash screen is displayed, hold down the ‘Delete’ key to enter BIOS configuration mode.

    Tab to the ‘Boot’ menu and select Boot Option #1. Change it to ‘UEFI: <USB Brive Name>’
    Select the ‘Save & Exit’ option and the appliance will reboot.

    Boot Appliance from Byte25 Self Install USB flash drive and you will come to the following screen. Select the first option: Grub Clonezilla Live (VGA 800×600)

    Run through the options for language and keyboard until you see the Start Clonezilla options. Select ‘Start_Clonezilla’ and press Enter.

    Select ‘device-image` and press Enter.

    Select ‘local_dev‘ and press Enter.

    Press Enter again.

    When instructed, type ‘Ctrl-C’ to continue.

    The available partitions should now be shown. You should see 3 partitions:

    sda1 – the boot partition on the internal SSD drive

    sda2 – the main data partition on the internal SSD drive

    sdb2 – the USB drive partition containing the image

     Ensure that the USB partition sdb2 is highlighted then use the Tab key to move to the ‘OK’ option before pressing Enter.

    Skip through the default option on the next page until you see the option to select the Byte25 Image. Make sure the entry “Byte25_Enterprise_X.X.X-imgMMM__DD_IMG” is highlighted, then tab to the ‘Done‘ option and press Enter.

    Select Beginner mode.

    Select the restoredisk option

    Select the required image, for example: _ “Byte25_Enterprise_X.X.X-img_sda_64.0GB”_

    Next select the volume to restore the image to – in this case the internal SSD volume sda, as below:

    Select the default options on the next few screens until the restore starts, you should see a loading style screen as below. Press Enter as required to continue

    Let the re-imaging happen. This should take 10 minutes or so. At the conclusion you will be asked to reboot. Don’t remove the USB key yet. Once the appliance has started rebooting. Then remove the USB key.

    You should be presented with the Byte25 Console Login screen.

    If you encounter any issues with installation and configuration, please contact Byte25 support at support@byte25.com. We are always happy to assist and organise a remote desktopor teams session to help you get up and running with a minum of fuss.