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| title | description | published | date | tags | editor | dateCreated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phyllome OS meets a thumb drive | true | 2021-11-21T16:38:25.151Z | markdown | 2021-11-13T11:34:07.852Z |
Create an installation medium
In this section, you will learn how to download Phyllome OS and how to create a live medium that will allow you to boot it from a USB flash drive.
1. Download Phyllome OS
The Phyllome OS ISOs files are made available on GitHub.
As of now, only the Phyllome OS Desktop II edition is available as an ISO file. The II edition is tuned for Intel CPUs and Intel GPUs. It is also known as ldhi, for live, desktop, hypervisor, and intel.
If you intent to install Phyllome OS permanently on your computer, use a Fedora Server ISO instead as it is not yet possible to install Phyllome OS from the live image. The steps below are made to be generic, and should be valid regardless of the ISO you use {.is-warning}
- The direct link to download the ISO. It will take some time to load.
As of now, there is no checksum available, and the release is not signed using GPG keys. Among other things, it means that there is no guarantee about the authenticity of the file or its integrity, whatsoever. Alternatively, a safer is to deploy Phyllome OS in a virtual machine or to deploy it directly on a host using this method {.is-warning}
2. Load Phyllome OS on a USB flash drive
The following instructions may have to be adapted depending on the operating system that you are currently using.
- General requirements
- A fast USB 3.0 flash drive of at least 2 GB
Command-line instructions (Linux-only): flash a USB disk using the dd command line tool
The next command assumes that the ISO file is available in the Downloads folder and that the target medium is called sdz. You can identify the correct target device using the lsblk command line tool. Modify the command according to your context.
This command requires root privileges {.is-info}
Warning: This command will destroy any data on the target device {.is-danger}
dd bs=4MB if=~/Downloads/phyllome-live_ldhi_v0.2.0-alpha_x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdz
Manual instructions: flash a USB disk using Etcher
The instructions are designed with Etcher in mind. Other tools such as Rufus, Unetbootin or Ventoy are likely to work too.
Etcher is an open-source, cross platform tool for flashing images to a target medium. It is developed and made available by balena. {.is-info}
Install Etcher
You can download Etcher on the official website.
Pick the right version depending on your platform.
Follow the normal procedure to install an application on your computer.
An account with administrator rights will be needed. {.is-info}
Use it
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Insert a blank flash drive on a free USB slot on your computer
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Open Etcher. You will be greeted by the screen below. Click on Flash from file
- Browse where the ISO is stored and select Open
- Etcher should have autodetected your USB flash drive. If this is not the case, press Change on the welcome screen and pick the desired destination on the new window.
- Select Flash when you are ready
Warning: clicking Flash will destroy any data on the target device {.is-danger}
A prompt might appear, asking for your password or a confirmation {.is-info}
- Wait a few minutes...
Congratulations, the USB flash drive is now ready to use! {.is-success}
3. Boot from a USB flash drive
By default, when a computer boots up, it will look for an operating system on the internal storage device first. If there is one, it will load this operating system and ignore any other media, such as a USB flash drive that may plug to the computer.
To boot from a USB flash drive, one would have to either temporary or permanently alter the so-called boot order. The boot order instructs at what point and where it should look for an operating system. The following section illustrates how to change the boot order temporary.
The process to change the boot order depends on your current computer platform. Please follow the instruction that matches your platform. {.is-info}
Booting from a USB flash drive is a non-destructive process, which means that it won't affect any pre-existing operating system that may be installed on your computer. As a precautious, it may be good to backup your data or, even better, to use computer with no personnal data on it. {.is-info}
macOS
Make sure that your computer is turned-off. On macOS, just after
Windows
Linux
If you have followed the procedure using the Phyllome OS ISO, go to the section Get started with the live system. If you have followed the procedure using the Fedora Server ISO, with the intent of installing Phyllome OS permanently, please go to the Install Phyllome OS page instead.