Installation from livecd¶
If your computer has a CD/DVD-drive then you can use LiveCD for installation. Boot disk is an exact copy of the target system and you can appreciate work of the distribution immediately after booting from the disk.
You can download the images here. It is possible to use a BitTorrent client or direct downloading from HTTP/FTP Mirrors.
Installation order¶
Burning image to CD or DVD¶
Depending on image size it is necessary to use CD or DVD.
Examples below show how to use growisofs and K3B which are included in CLD to burn image.
growisofs
To burn the image you can use command
growisofs -Z /dev/cdrom=/usr/calculate/share/linux/cld-10.0-i686.iso
In this example the ISO file is located in the directory /usr/calculate/share/linux.
K3B
Select Tools » CD » Burn Image, in the Image to Burn indicate the ISO-file. Then press Start.
Booting from the installation disk may require you to perform certain actions. Remove all CD's from CD-drives, reboot your computer and enter in BIOS. Usually you need to click key DEL, F1 or ESC_depending on _BIOS. In BIOS change the boot order so as CD-ROM become first boot device (or at least before hard disk). This parameter is often specified in section CMOS Setup. If the boot order does not be changed then the system just rebooted from the hard disk, ignoring CD-ROM.
Now insert installation disk into CD-drive and reboot. You should see a boot prompt.
Boot options¶
Before booting from LiveCD you will see the boot menu. Use F1-F5 keys for navigate in menu.
- F1 Help
- F2 Language - Available: Russian, Ukrainian, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Polish and French.
- F3 Keymap - Select your keyboard. If you have chosen language in the previous item, you can skip this item.
- F4 Timezone - Specify this option to set local time zone.
- F5 Video - screen resolution. In most cases this parameter can be skipped.
- Tab Edit options - Edit the kernel boot line. For experienced users.
These boot parameters will be used later for installation of the system.
Partitioning¶
Depending on the distribution after booting the computer you can use different programs for partitioning.
CDS, CLS, CLSG: fdisk, cfdisk
CLD: KDE Partition Manager, fdisk, cfdisk
CLDX: Gnome Partition Editor, fdisk, cfdisk
You can also use auto-partitioning with the installer.
WARNING: In this case all data on your hard drive will be destroyed.
Example:
calculate -d /dev/sda
Main parameters
--disk=/dev/sda2 - root partition for installation (partition _sda2 will be offered by default);_
--set-format=reiserfs (ext4, ext3, ext2, xfs, jfs) - file system of the root partition;
--set-composite=on (off) - composite mode;
--set-type=hdd (flash, usb-hdd) - data medium type, need to be installed only in the case of wrong detection.
Additional parametres
--set-hostname=linux - the computer network name, by default is 'calculate';
--set-video_resolution=1280x1024 (1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x800 и etc.) - screen resolution, need to be installed if it was defined incorrectly;
--set-mbr=off - not to change MBR;
--set-erase=off - not to fulfil partition formatting before installation;
--set-march=i686 (x86_64) - to install the distribution kit for 32 or the 64-bit architecture of the processor, this is not actual for installation from CD.