Installation Guide
Installing is not so hard and to as long as you installing Wind**s, Ubuntu,or others. First,
download the simpleLinux ISO first. There is two available options for you. Please read carefully:
- 1. Just want to try - If you want to try simpleLinux without making any change to current OS, download simpleLinux and burn it to a blank CD. Then, follow the next instructions on Live simpleLinux Guide.
- 2. Install as daily use - If you want to use it on your PC or Laptop for everyday use, download simpleLinux and burn it to blank CD or if Windows, you can use the WinRAR app to extract its contents. Follow the next instructions.
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Live simpleLinux Guide
checkPoint-OneAfter finished downloading simpleLinux, you must burn the downloaded file (ISO) to a blank CD. If you are on Windows, use
Nero or
Active @ Iso Burner (or search ISO burner in the Google search). If you are on Linux, use
Iso-Master or something similar.
After burning complete, the CD is now bootable and ready to be used.
checkPoint-TwoTo boot from CD on your computer, insert the CD in to your drive on the startup. Then, go to the boot menu (
click for more information) and select Boot from CD.
checkPoint-ThreeThe simpleLinux boot menu [
1] must appeared. Press enter to boot from the CD. Then, let the simpleLinux do its work... After its all ready, and the desktop [
2] appeared, then it is ready to use...
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simpleLinux Install-To-HD GuidecheckPoint-OneAfter finished downloading simpleLinux, burn the downloaded file (ISO) to a blank CD. If you are on Windows, use
Nero or
Active @ Iso Burner (or search ISO burner in the Google search). If you are on Linux, use
Iso-Master or something similar. Go to checkpoint two if you have nothing to be boot in the hard disk (blank PC)
If you have already a Windows OS, you can extract the downloaded file to the hard disk using
WinRAR or something similar. If you have Linux, extract the files with Ark or any archiver. Make sure that you extract the file to the root directory, don't extract these files into any folder inside the partition. To make the files bootable, open the Boot folder. If you are a windows user, click on BootInst.bat, and follow the onscreen instructions. If you are a Linux user, open liloinst.sh on your terminal (Xterm etc) follow the instructions, and the hard disk should be bootable now.
checkPoint-TwoAfter burning complete, the CD should be bootable now. To boot from CD on your computer, insert the CD in to your drive on the startup. Then, go to the boot menu (
click for more information) and select Boot from CD.
checkPoint-ThreeThe simpleLinux boot menu [
3] must appeared. Press enter to boot from the CD. Then, let the simpleLinux do its work...
checkPoint-FourAfter the system is ready.Right click at the desktop, point to System menu, and select GParted [
4]. Delete all the partitions available [
5]. Then, you see an unallocated partition (grey) [
5]. Right click at the unallocated partition,and select "New" option [
6]. You may prompted the "Set Disklabel" window [
7]. Follow the on screen instruction.
After right clicking at the partition and select the "New" option, a new window will appeared (Create new partition) [
8]. Adjust the size for your partition (maximum is the better). And click "add". Then, apply the changes (the green correct sign) [
9]. After that, right click and format to fat32 (green) and then click apply. You have successfully created a partition, but not mounted yet. To mount it, right click and mount to /mnt/ [
10]. There, your partition is ready to use.
checkpoint-FiveInstall simpleLinux by copying the simpleLinux files to that partition. To do so, open "File System"icon on the desktop, and select "MNT" icon at the left [
11]. And then, click at "hda1" icon. You will see a blank, because your partition has nothing inside it. Let the window opened.
Then, click to open a second "File System", and select simpleLinux CD [
12]. Copy all its content and paste it to "hda1".
checkPoint-SixAfter copying is complete, open a terminal by right-clicking at the desktop and select "terminal" then, open the "boot" folder which is situated on your hard disk "hda1". Search for "bootinst.sh" [
13], drag the "bootinst.sh" [
14] to the terminal and press enter. follow the on screen instructions [
15]. Then, the hard diskis ready and bootable for everyday use. Reboot the computer, remove the cd and boot fromthe harddisk.
simpleLinux Install-To-USB Guide
checkPoint-OneAfter finished downloading simpleLinux-Minimal or EXT, you must extract these file using an ISO reader, such as
PowerISO et cetera. Extract these files to your root directory of a USB drive.
checkPoint-TwoGo to the directory and open this file
(your USB drive) > BOOT > BOOTINST.BAT* or BOOTINST.SH***Windows
**Linux
checkPoint-ThreeFollow the onscreen instructions. And your USB drive is now ready to boot.
checkPoint-FourTo boot from your USB drive, enter your boot screen and select Boot From
and press enter (
How to?) And then, boot menu should be appeared[
16]. Press enter and boot properly...
(rewritten by Fariz Luqman)
