[[!meta title="PC Installation"]] [[←_Back_to_Installing_ProteanOS|doc/install]] **NOTE:** These instructions use a feature in an unreleased version of the ProteanOS Development Kit. You'll need to have built prokit from its Git repository to use the PC installer. The installer interface is also subject to change. This guide explains how to use the interactive installer program distributed with prokit, the ProteanOS Development Kit, to install ProteanOS on a PC platform. It is assumed that you have already [[built_and_optionally_installed_prokit|doc/install/prokit]]. Preparation =========== Make sure you have a computer supported by ProteanOS. Currently, the Acer Aspire One AO751h, Dell Dimension 2400, and Lenovo ThinkPad X60/X60s/X60t are supported. If your computer is not supported, you can [[port_ProteanOS_to_run_on_it|doc/plat/porting]]. Determine the devices from which your computer can boot. For example, the Acer Aspire One AO751h can boot from an internal 2.5" SATA drive or from a storage device connected over USB (e.g. a flash drive), while the Dell Dimension 2400 can only boot from an internal PATA drive. Pick a storage device on which you want to install ProteanOS and connect it to the computer on which you plan to run the installer. You can either connect the device to a different computer (easiest in the case of a USB flash drive) or run a live GNU/Linux system on the computer on which you plan to install ProteanOS. Installation ============ From your prokit build directory, run the `installers/pc` script as the superuser to begin the installation. Answer the installer's questions ("Select a platform:" and "Select a block device:") and it will install and configure ProteanOS and a boot loader for you. Sample Installation ------------------- Following is an installation of ProteanOS for the Dell Dimension 2400 to a hard disk drive connected to a laptop by a SATA/PATA to USB adapter: $ sudo installers/pc Select a platorm ================ Select a platform: 1) Acer Aspire One AO751h 2) Dell Dimension 2400 3) Lenovo ThinkPad X60/X60s/X60t #? 2 Select a block device ===================== Select a block device: 1) ATA WDC WD3200BEKT-6 (sda) - 320.07 GB (298.09 GiB) 2) ST316021 5ACE (sdb) - 160.04 GB (149.05 GiB) #? 2 Making partition table and file system ====================================== 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.00334818 s, 153 kB/s Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x51011a81. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite) Command (m for help): Partition type: p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free) e extended Select (default p): Partition number (1-4, default 1): First sector (2048-312581807, default 2048): Using default value 2048 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-312581807, default 312581807): Using default value 312581807 Command (m for help): Selected partition 1 Hex code (type L to list codes): Command (m for help): Partition number (1-4): Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 9773056 inodes, 39072470 blocks 1953623 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296 1193 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872 Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (32768 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done Installing base system ====================== prokit: Using architecture i686-linux-glibc prokit: Using platform dimension2400 prokit: Using mirror http://us.mirror.gnu.dk/pub/proteanos prokit: Setting up root... prokit: Configuring opkg and retrieving Packages files... prokit: Downloading base-files... prokit: Unpacking base-files... prokit: Downloading busybox... prokit: Unpacking busybox... prokit: Downloading config-base... prokit: Unpacking config-base... prokit: Downloading config-dimension2400-common... prokit: Unpacking config-dimension2400-common... prokit: Downloading libc.6... prokit: Unpacking libc.6... prokit: Downloading libopkg.1... prokit: Unpacking libopkg.1... prokit: Downloading linux-common... prokit: Unpacking linux-common... prokit: Downloading linux-image... prokit: Unpacking linux-image... prokit: Downloading opkg... prokit: Unpacking opkg... prokit: Downloading proteanos-branding... prokit: Unpacking proteanos-branding... prokit: Configuring packages... Package base-files (1.0.3) installed in root is up to date. Package busybox (1.21.1-12) installed in root is up to date. Package config-base (1.5) installed in root is up to date. Package config-dimension2400-common (1.5) installed in root is up to date. Package libc.6 (2.19~r25243+sip1-3) installed in root is up to date. Package libopkg.1 (0.2.2-1) installed in root is up to date. Package linux-common (3.10.55~gnu-1) installed in root is up to date. Package linux-image (3.10.55~gnu-1) installed in root is up to date. Package opkg (0.2.2-1) installed in root is up to date. Package proteanos-branding (0.2) installed in root is up to date. Configuring linux-common. Configuring libopkg.1. Configuring opkg. Configuring libc.6. Configuring busybox. update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/awk.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/dc to /usr/bin/dc.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/bzip2 to /usr/bin/bzip2.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/bunzip2 to /usr/bin/bunzip2.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/bzcat to /usr/bin/bzcat.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/xz to /usr/bin/xz.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/unxz to /usr/bin/unxz.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/xzcat to /usr/bin/xzcat.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/lzma to /usr/bin/lzma.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/unlzma to /usr/bin/unlzma.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/lzcat to /usr/bin/lzcat.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/ar to /usr/bin/ar.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/strings to /usr/bin/strings.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/clear to /usr/bin/clear.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/reset to /usr/bin/reset.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/mkpasswd to /usr/bin/mkpasswd.busybox update-alternatives: Linking //usr/bin/patch to /usr/bin/patch.busybox Configuring base-files. Configuring config-dimension2400-common. Configuring proteanos-branding. Configuring config-base. Configuring linux-image. Installing boot loader ====================== Installing lilo (24.0-2) on root. Downloading http://us.mirror.gnu.dk/pub/proteanos/feeds/dev/trunk/i686-linux-glibc/all/base/../../../../../../pool/l/lilo/lilo_24.0-2_i686-linux-glibc_all.opk. Installing config-lilo (1.5) on root. Downloading http://us.mirror.gnu.dk/pub/proteanos/feeds/dev/trunk/all/dimension2400/base/../../../../../../pool/c/config-dimension2400/config-lilo_1.5_all_dimension2400.opk. Configuring config-lilo. Configuring lilo. Reading boot sector from /dev/sdb Warning: /dev/sdb is not on the first disk Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present system. Using BITMAP secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Mapping bitmap file /boot/tuxlogo.bmp Warning: Video adapter does not support VESA BIOS extensions needed for display of 256 colors. Boot loader will fall back to TEXT only operation. Calling map_insert_file Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz Added ProteanOS_1.0 * Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz.old Added ProteanOS_1.0_~ Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz Added ProteanOS_1.0_+ Writing boot sector. Backup copy of boot sector in /boot/boot.0810 3 warnings were issued.