
Chapter 1
Getting Started
This chapter will deal with your first exposure to StarOS v3. Section 1 will show you how to load
StarOS onto your WRAP or WAR board or upgrade your board from V2 to V3. Section 2 will then
take you through a few first essential steps so you can start using your StarOS router. All attempts have
been made to make getting started as easy as possible. The same can be said about subsequent
chapters, but only you can judge how successful we've been.
Section 1
If your system has been preloaded by an OEM or StarOS VAR or reseller, feel free to skip ahead to
Section 2.
Loading your system
The easiest way to load StarOS onto a system is to visit the StarOS downloads page at
http://www.staros.com/downloads.php and download the latest version of the software for the system
you want.
You can load StarOS v3 onto any media, but only compact flash will be discussed here. If you've
purchased WAR boards from Gateworks, you will need a special JTAG cable available from Gateworks
to load the OS. Please see the instructions provided with the downloaded WAR image for details.
Installing via RAW image
If you choose to write a raw image to disk, you'll need to boot into the operating system of your choice
and use a program suitable for writing the raw image to the disk. Install the disk you want StarOS
written to and boot up. Using a program such as DiskImg.exe in Windows, or dd in Linux, BSD, or
other UNIX clones/systems write the raw disk image to the appropriate disk: dd if=vncOs-1.1.0-
1338.X86-WRAP.cf of=/dev/hde bs=512.
Upgrading from V2
You can use starutil to upgrade from V2 to V3, but you first need to ensure you flash up to strrw-2.11.1-
4784.co.bin. From there you need to install the new license prior to installing and booting into V3.
Please refer to the instuctions for using the starutil utility on page 80.
Booting up StarOS
After writing your disk, you'll just need to make sure it's installed as the first hard disk in your system
and you will boot up directly into StarOS. After booting, you'll have a few housekeeping chores to do
which are covered in the next section.
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