

Edit the labels and boot images below in the "Detailed image configuration".
USB BLOCK 1.3.0 DOWNLOAD
In fact, most people prefer the download method since it makes endpoints independent (if the PXE server goes away, it would not matter for a machine already booted with this method). It is not possible to say what is better. The latter builds on the Linux "network block device" functionality, thus it is called "Network block device". In fact, by default, a boot menu will be shown for a few seconds exactly as it is done when booting from a prepared USB drive (you can change this, see below): Download versus network block deviceĪ machine booted via PXE can either download the whole operating system at boot time (depending on actual, typically between 100 and 400 MB in size) or use a streaming approach to only fetch those portions that are needed. Stratodesk Virtual Appliance supports both live-booting and installing on the harddrive via PXE boot. Note: If you are trying this out on a desktop virtualization product such as VMware Workstation, VirtualBox, Parallels or similar and use "internal"/"shared" networks you'll need to modify the internal DHCP service of your virtualization product if you use bridged networks, you'll need to modify your regular DHCP server. Be cautious and ensure there is no other existing PXE configurations in the environment. Once you make these modifications, it will work out of the box. Click on the "PXE" main menu item, this screen will tell you what DHCP options you have to set in your network.
USB BLOCK 1.3.0 ZIP FILE
you'd upload the NoTouch OS ZIP file by clicking on "OS images" and then "upload OS image". When you have set up Stratodesk Virtual Appliance, you need to log in to its administration interface (port 80 or 443, //YourIPAddress/va-admin not NoTouch Center) and do only two things: Stratodesk Virtual Appliance includes a ready-to-go PXE boot service. PXE booting using Stratodesk Virtual Appliance 1.2 Download versus network block device.

