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3. When the installer opens, you will see 4 choices:
4. Here is an explanation of the choices:
1. Automatic (Easiest)
Choose this if you only want Chromixium on your computer. For example, you
have a clean hard drive/VM or you are happy to delete any existing installations
or data and install Chromixium in their place. If you choose this option, the
installer will automatically prepare your hard drive before installing Chromixium.
Carry on reading to install in auto mode.
2. Manual
Choose this option if you want to free up space and install Chromixium
alongside Windows or another version of Linux, or if you want to customize
your partition layout for an expert installation. This option will launch the
GParted partition editor before starting the installer proper. You can free up
space first by reducing partition sizes. This is not recommended whilst
Chromixium is in Alpha status unless it is on a test system. Start at section 4
Manual Partitioning.
3. Direct
Choose this option if you have already partitioned your system ready to perform
a test installation of Chromixium. You can proceed straight to section 2
Systemback Installer.
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2. Systemback Installer
1. The Systemback installer will now open. In the first screen you need to type in your
real name, the username (no spaces), a password (which needs typing twice) and a
computer name (anything you want but no spaces, keep it fairly short). It’s not
recommended to add a root password. Chromixium is based on Ubuntu and sudo is
the preferred method of authenticating administrative access and uses your own
password:
2. Click Next once the details have been entered.
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a. Click on the unallocated space and click on Partition>New
b. Accept the defaults presented (ext4 file system) and click on add.
4. Apply the changes, click on the Apply All Operations symbol on the toolbar:
5. Close Gparted by clicking on Gparted>Exit or by clicking the close window button
(cross).
6. Refer back to step 2 Systemback Installer to complete the installation.
7. If you are dual booting, you may find that Chromixium does not add your other
operating systems to the bootloader. After installing, your computer will only boot into
Chromixium. In this case run
sudo update-grub2
in a terminal to recreate the bootloader. Also see part 5 Post Installation Tasks.
8. Expert installations may be achieved with the Systemback installer by assigning a
range of mount points such as /home, /var, /opt etc... and the bootloader can be
installed to a disk or partition of your choice. This will not be covered in this guide.
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5. Persistent USB Installation
Chromixium supports a method of transferring the downloaded ISO to a USB drive which can
then be used to boot into and install Chromixium. Usually a Linux ISO boots in readonly
mode, but it is possible to allow changes to be made to the live system when it is stored on a
USB device by enabling ‘persistence’.
The benefits of this approach are:
➔ Your installation is portable and not hardware specific can be taken with you and
plugged into any computer
➔ No need to risk altering your computer’s hard drive
➔ It can be set up within Windows or Linux
➔ The ISO is compressed, so you can install it on a relatively small USB drive eg 1GB
➔ You can do a system restore by simply deleting the persistence file.
Drawbacks:
➔ A live system is generally slower to boot than an installed one
➔ USB devices are more easily lost or stolen
➔ USB flash memory degrades over time
➔ USB devices must be formatted as FAT32 so the persistence file can not be larger
than 4GB (this can be overcome using a persistence partition).
See here for more information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD/Persistence
5.1 Setup USB Persistence using UNetbootin
UNetbootin is the easiest, crossplatform tool for creating a persistent USB installation. It can
be used within Windows, Linux or Mac OS X.
Download it from this website: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/. It does not require installing,
but will need admin rights to run it.
Linux users are recommended to install it from their Distribution’s software repositories.
1. Plug your USB flash drive into your computer and make sure it is detected by the
operating system. It must be formatted to FAT32.
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6. Post Installation Tasks
6.1 Connect to WiFi
Networking is handled by the Gnome Network Manager. If you are connected to Ethernet
(cable) it will be automatically detected. To connect to WiFi follow these steps:
Network Manager starts with the system and sits in the system tray.
1. Use the tray icon to connect to a WiFi network. Left click on the icon to see all
available networks:
2. A window will open which will show all the available WiFi networks. It might take a few
seconds to refresh:
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7. License
Creative Commons AttributionShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BYSA 4.0)
This tutorial has been created as part of the Chromixium OS project which is licensed under
the GPL. The Author is RichJack and this work is licensed under the Creative Common
AttributionShareAlike license:
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