For ConnochaetOS 0.9

• Put the CD-ROM in the drive
• Restart the computer and boot from CD drive. You may have to change boot oder in the BIOS setup.

• Choose the first entry “Boot ConnochaetOS Installation CD” and press ENTER

• After the system has booted press ENTER again

• The installation program starts up, press ENTER

• Choose “Select Region and time zone”. This is important for the system to have the correct time set.

• Choose the continent you live at

• Choose the nearest city you live at

• Choose UTC or LocalTime – the differences are explained and for desktop machines only the dual boot issue is important; for a “traveling” laptop UTC is recommended

• Change or accept the time settings

• Return to the main menu

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• The next step is the creation and formatting of the partitions on your hard disk(s); read the instructions carefully before you setup the configuration – this is the step which can result in data losses if the settings are not what you intended…

• The first option is is a slightly guided setup for the ENTIRE hard disk. Do not use this option if you want to keep accessible any data in an already existing partition on the disk. It is a convenient way to create a single-boot system on a new/spare disk.

(the 2nd option starts cfdisk and is for those users who know what they are doing with this )) )

• Enter the size of your SWAP partition. For low-RAM computers a SWAP with twice as much MB as the RAM is often a good choice. More than 500 MB is not necessary as long as you run no extremely memory-consuming applications.

• Now you must confirm the creation of the root partition occupying all the rest of the disk. On acceptance the installer creates the partitions and formats them.The root filesystem is by default of type ext4.

• On old equipment the preparing of the disk may take a while. When the formatting process is finished you can return with <OK> to the main menu.

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• Now choose the software installation…..

• …and start it

• You see the name of the currently treated package.

• Depending on your PC, the installation takes some time. However, even on 586 CPUs and according disks and RAM, it should be done in –let's say– 45 minutes.

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• Now choose the language you want to use as the systemwide default. If this language isn't available in a specific application, English is the fallback.

• Select the keymap for your keyboard. You select the country and the installer tries to find the keymap usually used in this country. That means, if you are living in the USA but using a German keymap for any reason, German must be your choice.

• If there are variations of the general keymap, you can pick them here. If you don't know of any variations or you are unsure, leave this section without any settings.

• …wait a few minutes…..

• Now it is time to set up the account on your computer. First set the password for the system administrator…..

• Then create an unprivileged user and set the password

• After that you see the logs of the creation of the boot initrd files. These are small images load into the RAM which are necessary to load drivers.

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• The last step of the installation is the installation of the bootloader GRUB. ConnochaetOS uses the legacy version of the bootloader GRUB (aka GRUB-1). That means, you will find after a successful installation the most (and most important) configuration settings in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst .

• choose the harddisk where you want the GRUB. The installer writes the data automatically into the MBR (Master Boot Record) of this harddisk and overwrites the previous content without saving it. So be careful, if you wanted a dual boot system….

• Confirm the successful installation of the bootloader

• You can reenter the installation steps if you forgot something or leave the main menu to finish.

• Type REBOOT or press <ctrl>+<alt>+<del> to restart the computer with your new Linux OS

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• Usually you start the default kernel with all necessary modules for the hardware at the time of the installation; the fallback is sometimes necessary in case of hardware troubles or of a new hardware component added

• The default start is a graphical login screen; type your (case-sensitive !) user name….

• …….and password

• Now you're landed…..on an IceWM desktop

CONGRATULATIONS to your choice of Connochaetos ! Have fun !!!