Installing a VotingWorks Image
Now that you have the vx-iso and vx-data USB drives ready, it’s time to write the image to hardware.
Insert both USB drives into the system. For VxScan, you'll need to use the USB hub provided by VotingWorks.
For VxScan only, attach the USB hub to the hardware device to be imaged.
Boot into the system BIOS. For VxAdmin and VxCentralScan, the F12 key will take you to the boot menu. For VxScan, the Del key will take you to the BIOS. After entering the BIOS password, navigate to the Boot menu.
In the appropriate menu, select to boot from USB, and choose the vx-iso USB drive (Samsung Flash Drive).
You will be rebooted into a minimal system with a menu of options. By default, it will initiate the process for writing an image after several seconds. You can stop this by simply pressing an up or down arrow key.
If you do interrupt the automatic menu selection, you will need to select “Write an image”
The image should be automatically detected. If not, you can select it from the menu of available images.
You will be asked to enter the final size of the image. Please enter the value provided by VotingWorks: 110 (do not include a specific unit such as GB)
A final confirmation prompt describing the image to copy and the disk to copy to will appear. If it is correct, answer “y” to continue.
A progress bar showing the status of the copy will be displayed. Once the copy completes, press Enter to reboot.
The system will reboot to the BIOS. Exit the BIOS. (This step will be removed in future builds.)
Once the system has rebooted, you will need to configure and certify it. To do that, please see: "Machine Configuration Wizard and VxCertifier."
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