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--- communication:asterisknow:t5720 [18 years ago - 2007/09/25 18:17] – aogail
+++ communication:asterisknow:t5720 [18 years ago - 2007/10/04 22:48] (current) – aogail
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 ===== Installation =====
 ==== Prerequisites ====
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 In order to install AsteriskNOW, you'll need the following.
-  * An HP t7520.
+  * An HP t5720.
-  * A USB flash disk or USB CD-ROM drive.
+  * A USB flash drive or USB CD-ROM drive.
-  * If using the USB flash disk approach:
+  * If using the USB flash drive approach:
     * Daemon Tools (or similar)
     * [[http://m0n0.ch/wall/physdiskwrite.php|physdiskwrite]]
   * A CD burner if you plan on using the USB CD-ROM drive approach
+  * An external USB hard drive.
   * The latest 32-bit [[http://www.asterisknow.org/downloads|AsteriskNOW ISO]]
 ==== Pre-install Prep ====
-The t5720 doesn't have any removable storage, so you'll need to boot from a USB device, such as CD-ROM or flash disk. I'll describe the flash disk option. A USB CD-ROM would be the simpler route.
+The t5720 doesn't have any removable storage, so you'll need to boot from a USB device, such as CD-ROM or flash drive. I'll describe the flash drive option.
+**NOTE:** If you use a USB CD-ROM instead, just burn the ISO and skip to [[#Boot]].
 === Extract Files ===
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 Also extract the physdiskwrite archive.
-=== Creating the USB Boot Disk ===
+=== Create the USB Boot Disk ===
+The AsteriskNOW CD includes an image for creating a bootable USB disk. It resides at ''\FIXME\diskimage.img''.
+Open a command prompt and cd to the directory containing ''physdiskwrite.exe''. Unplug your USB stick if it is already plugged in. Execute ''physdiskwrite.exe'' and make note of the disks it lists. You do **not** want to write the image to them.
+<code>
+C:\> cd \path\to\physwrite\
+C:\path\to\physwrite\> physdiskwrite.exe TODO: check this for correctness
+</code>
+Next, plug in your USB drive. Execute physdiskwrite.exe again and select the new physical drive.
+FIXME: imagefile path, physdiskwrite output
+<code>
+C:\path\to\physwrite\> physdiskwrite.exe FIXME:imagefile.img
+FIXME: physdiskwrite output
+</code>
+Once ''physdiskwrite.exe'' finishes, you have a bootable USB flash drive.
+=== Publish Install Files ===
+Your new bootable USB drive will get the t5720 up and running, but the installer needs access to a lot of extra files from the AsteriskNOW CD. You have several options for this.
+  * Second USB drive: If you have a spare USB drive large enough to hold the AsteriskNOW ISO, simply copy the ISO to it.
+  * HTTP: If you have a computer on which you can run an HTTP server, you can copy the contents of the CD to a HTTP-accessible directory.
+==== Boot ====
+Plug your USB boot drive into the t5720 and power it on. During power-on, hit F10 to access the BIOS setup. Make sure that "USB" is the first boot device listed under "Advanced BIOS Configuration".
-Open a command prompt and cd to the directory containing physdiskwrite.exe.
+**NOTE:** I've noticed some issues when removing/adding USB devices with the t5720 connected to power. As such, whenever I swapped USB devices I also unplugged the power adapter.
+If all goes well, you will be greeted with a GRUB boot menu. Enter ''linux expert'' at the prompt and hit enter. This will allow you to select your external USB hard drive when configuring your partition scheme.
+Continue until you are asked to select install media. Your selection depends on where you decided to [[#publish_install_files|publish the install files]].