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Installation of Frugalware

Pre-Install Media Preparation

For version 1.2, if you plan to install the CD version, be sure to review what packages you plan to install and compare them to the CD contents .lst files, and burn the needed CD's, since the installer will only skip packages missing from the CD's inserted. For example, this means if you only insert CD1, you only get a command line system without X windows, even if you select the X windows packages.

For version 1.2, the USB install will use the mirrors selected to download the packages needed to fulfill your selections, but unless your mirror is local, the install may take a considerable amount of time because each time you install, it will be downloading most of the packages from the mirrors.

{someone who has successfully completed the version 1.2 DVD install could put any overall pre-install notes here)

Startup

01 splash.png

Startup with the CD or the DVD. When your computer will boot you will have grub for begin the installation. If you have an old graphical card choose the installation without framebuffer (nofb)

Hardware detection

The setup will scan your hardware.

Detection of hardware.


Select the language

02 lang.png

When the setup begin you can select the language.

You can change this language after the installation.

03 welcome.png

Select the keyboard

04 key.png

You can select the keyboard that you will used.

After the keyboard selection. The installion will check the media.

Network and mirrors

29 network.png

Configure your network with netconfig

Select interface.png

Choose a mirror.

Mirrors list.png

Choose a mirror.

You can add a mirror.

Autre-miroir.jpeg

Create partitions

05 raid.png

Raid installation. If you don't use RAID just choose "no"


06 part.png

Select the hard disk where you want install FrugalWare. If your hard disk is already partitioning just "continue"


07 part.png

If at the previous stage you chose Accept, you have the choice between 3 programs for partitioning your hard disk: cfdisk, fdisk and parted.

(You can use a livecd with a GUI for partitioning and ignore it)


09 part.png

You should select the swap partition.


10 part.png

Format this partition.


11 part.png

Select the root / partition


12 part.png

Format this partition


Type-fs.jpeg

Select the File system. Ext3 is a good choice.


14 part.png

You can add some other partitions /home, /boot ... don't create a partition /usr.


Point-montage.jpeg

After formatting this partition you should the select where you want mount it.


Autre-partition2.jpeg

You can add a new partition.

Packages installation

15 pack.png

Select the packages

16 pack.png

By default Gnome, KDE and XFCE are selected.



18 pack.png

19 pack.png

Pacman-g2 will install the packages


The time that pacman-g2 install the packages you can switch to tty5 (ctrl+alt+f5). You will find a surprise.

Disquesuivant.jpeg

If you have an other disk insert this disk.

Configuration

20 grub.png

You should choose where install GRUB. MBR is a good choice ;)



22 modules.png



23 root.png

Add a password root



24 root.png

Password confirmation




25 user.png

Add a user.



26 user.png

Add a name for this user.




27 user.png

Add a password for this user.



28 hostname.png

Hostname



29 network.png

Network configuration



32 localtime.png

Time configuration, UTC or Local if you are not sure select Local



33 timezone.png

Timezone



34 mouse.png

Mouse configuration



If you have installed xorg the setup will configure xorg

If you have cancel a stage...

Menu-install.jpeg



Installation is finished

35 success.png

Restart

01 grub.png

02 boot.png

04 gnome desktop.png

Welcome to Frugalware ! :-)

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