After copying the image, remove the USB stick. Turn off the power button on the rear panel. Then simultaneously turn on and hold the front button until DHCP STOP appears on the display. Connect with telnet and you will get a display for changing BOOT. To change the BOOT, use the PgUp and PgDn buttons on the PC keyboard. I did it the same way for my dm800se.
Here is much better explained. On the bottom the page read "Configure The DM800"
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How To Boot Your DM800 From A USB Stick
To configure your Dm800 to boot from a USB stick, all that is required:
A USB stick that is supported by your DB.
A telnet connection to access your DB.
The image.nfi you want to install.
Nfidump to extract your desired image & kernel.
If you don't have a Linux PC available, setting up the USB stick on your DB will probably be easier than attempting to do it on a M$ or Apple PC. Unfortunately, during the process of writing this guide, I noticed that my DM800 OpenPLi image has no ability to create a…
A USB stick that is supported by your DB.
A telnet connection to access your DB.
The image.nfi you want to install.
Nfidump to extract your desired image & kernel.
If you don't have a Linux PC available, setting up the USB stick on your DB will probably be easier than attempting to do it on a M$ or Apple PC. Unfortunately, during the process of writing this guide, I noticed that my DM800 OpenPLi image has no ability to create a…
