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[[!meta title="PC Installation"]]
[[←_Back_to_Installing_ProteanOS|doc/install]]
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. If your computer is not
supported, you can [[port_ProteanOS_to_run_on_it|doc/plat/porting]]. Currently
supported are:
* Lenovo ThinkPad X60, X60s, X60t, T60 (architecture `i686-linux-glibc`,
platform `x60`)
* Lenovo ThinkPad X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, R400, T400, R500, T500, etc.
(architecture `i686-linux-glibc`, platform `x60`)
* Libiquity Taurinus X200 and Gluglug Libreboot X200 (architecture
`i686-linux-glibc`, platform `x60`)
Determine the devices from which your computer can boot, for example an internal
SATA drive or a USB mass storage device (e.g. a flash 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, while
an HDD or SSD would require a SATA/PATA-to-USB adapter) or run a live GNU/Linux
system on the computer on which you plan to install ProteanOS.
Installation
============
Decide which "suite" of ProteanOS you wish to install. `rel/trunk` is a rolling
release that receives updates free of known new bugs; it is recommended for
regular users. `dev/trunk` receives direct package uploads and should be used
by ProteanOS developers. Replace `$suite` below with your chosen suite.
If you installed prokit to your system, run:
$ sudo prokit installer-pc -a $arch -p $plat $suite $device
Otherwise, from your prokit build directory, run:
$ sudo ./prokit installer-pc -a $arch -p $plat $suite $device
Replace `$arch` with the architecture (e.g. `i686-linux-glibc`), `$plat` with
the platform (e.g. `x60`), and `$device` with the device file name (e.g.
`/dev/sdb`). Make sure you've selected the right device; prokit will erase the
partition table and write a new file system on the device you specify!
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